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daguerreotype

[duh-gair-uh-tahyp, -ee-uh-tahyp]

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noun

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.

a picture made by this process.

verb (used with object)

to photograph by this process.

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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-] , adjective

da·guerre·o·typ·y, noun

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daguerreotype (dəˈɡɛrəʊˌtaɪp)

—n
1.	one of the earliest photographic processes, in which the image was produced on iodine-sensitized silver and developed in mercury vapour
2.	a photograph formed by this process

da'guerreotyper

—n

da'guerreotypist

—n

da'guerreotypy

—n

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daguerreotype

1839, from Fr., coined from name of inventor, Louis Daguerre.

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