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ambrotype

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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; < Gk ámbro(tos) immortal (see ambrosia ) + -type
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am·bro·type   (ām'brō-tīp')   
n.  An early type of photograph made by imaging a negative on glass backed by a dark surface.

[Greek ambrotos, immortal; see ambrosia + type.]
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