ambrotype

[am-bruh-tahyp] Origin

am·bro·type

[am-bruh-tahyp]
noun Photography.
an early type of photograph, made by placing a glass negative against a dark background.

Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; < Greek ámbro(tos) immortal (see ambrosia) + -type
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Ambrotype is always a great word to know.
So is stock shot. Does it mean:
prefilmed shots such as newsreels available from specialized film libraries for inserting into a film to establish locale or atmosphere
fitting speech to film already shot, making a closed loop of one scene and repeatedly projecting it while speech is recorded to synchronize with the film
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ambrotype (ˈæmbrəʊˌtaɪp)
 
n
photog an early type of glass negative that could be made to appear as a positive by backing it with black varnish or paper
 
[C19: from Greek ambrotos immortal + -type; see ambrosia]

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ambrotype
1855, Amer.Eng., perhaps from amber, with reference to its property of preserving life forms or its color, or from Gk. ambrotos "immortal, imperishable" (see ambrosia). A type of photograph on glass with lights given by silver and shades by a dark background showing through.
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