platinotype

[ plat-n-oh-tahyp ]

nounPhotography.
  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 of platinotype

1
First recorded in 1875–80; platin(um) + -o- + -type

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platinotype

/ (ˈplætɪnəʊˌtaɪp) /


noun
  1. an obsolete process for producing photographic prints using paper coated with an emulsion containing platinum salts, the resulting image in platinum black being more permanent and of a richer tone than the usual silver image

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