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daguerreotypist

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da⋅guerre⋅o⋅type

  [duh-gair-uh-tahyp, -ee-uh-tahyp] noun, verb, -typed, -typ⋅ing.
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–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-] , adjective
da⋅guerre⋅o⋅typ⋅y, noun
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