daguerreotype
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da·guerre·o·type
[duh-gair-uh-tahyp, -ee-uh-tahyp] noun, verb, da·guerre·o·typed, da·guerre·o·typ·ing. 
əˌtaɪp, -i noun
1.
2.
a picture made by this process.
verb (used with object)
3.
to photograph by this process.
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| 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 | |
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| da'guerreotypist | |
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Word Origin & History
daguerreotype
1839, from Fr., coined from name of inventor, Louis Daguerre.
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Example sentences
To be sure, much of a daguerreotype's charm is in its blemished antiquity.
The craggy sixteenth president looks exactly as he's supposed to, as if he's stepped out of a haunting daguerreotype.
He also learned the new daguerreotype process, the first practical method of making photographic portraits.
Early panoramas were made by placing two or more daguerreotype plates side-by-side.
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