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6 dictionary results for: Daguerreotype
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
da·guerre·o·type       [duh-gair-uh-tahyp, -ee-uh-tahyp] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -typed, -typ·ing.
–noun
1.an obsolete photographic process, invented in 1839, in which a picture made on a silver surface sensitized with iodine was developed by exposure to mercury vapor.
2.a picture made by this process.
–verb (used with object)
3.to photograph by this process.
[Origin: 1830–40; named after L. J. M. Daguerre; see -o-, -type]

—Related forms
da·guerre·o·typ·er, da·guerre·o·typ·ist, noun
da·guerre·o·typ·ic       [duh-gair-uh-tip-ik, -ee-uh-tip-] Pronunciation Key, adjective
da·guerre·o·typ·y, noun
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da·guerre·o·type       (də-gâr'ə-tīp')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An early photographic process with the image made on a light-sensitive silver-coated metallic plate.
  2. A photograph made by this process.

tr.v.   da·guerre·o·typed, da·guerre·o·typ·ing, da·guerre·o·types
To make a daguerreotype of.


[French, after Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre.]

da·guerre'o·typ'er n., da·guerre'o·typ'y n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
daguerreotype 
1839, from Fr., coined from name of inventor, Louis Daguerre.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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daguerreotype

noun
a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor 

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Daguerreotype

Da*guerre"o*type\ (d[.a]*g[e^]r"[-o]*t[imac]p), n. [From Daguerre the inventor + -type.]

1. An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury.

2. The process of taking such pictures.

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Daguerreotype

Da*guerre"o*type\ (d[.a]*g[e^]r"[-o]*t[imac]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Daguerreotyped (-t[imac]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Daguerreotyping (-t[imac]`p[i^]ng).]

1. To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a picture.

2. To impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate exactly.

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