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platinotype

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plat⋅i⋅no⋅type

  [plat-n-oh-tahyp]
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–noun Photography.
1. a process of printing positives in which a platinum salt is used, rather than the usual silver salts, in order to make a more permanent print.
2. Also called platinum print. a print made by this process.
Origin:
1875–80; platin(um) + -o- + -type
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plat·i·no·type   (plāt'n-ō-tīp')   
n.  

  1. A process formerly used for making photographic prints, using a finely precipitated platinum salt and an iron salt in the sensitizing solution to produce prints in platinum black.

  2. A print produced by platinotype.

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