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ivorytype

[ahy-vuh-ree-tahyp, ahy-vree-]

noun Photography.

an antiquated photoprinting technique in which two prints are made of the same image, and the weaker one, made transparent with varnish and colored on the back, is laid over the stronger one.

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; ivory + -type

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in the editing or projection of film, any situation in which the sound does not correspond to the lip movements of an actor

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