About The Word Daguerreotype
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Daguerreotype
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What's The Definition Of Daguerreotype?
[n] a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor
Synonyms | Synonyms for Daguerreotype: Related Terms | Find terms related to Daguerreotype: See Also | exposure | photo | photograph | pic Daguerreotype In Webster's Dictionary \Da*guerre"o*type\ (d[.a]*g[e^]r"[-o]*t[imac]p),
n. [From Daguerre the inventor + -type.]
1. An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver
plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered
sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine,
on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image
is developed by the vapor of mercury.
2. The process of taking such pictures.
\Da*guerre"o*type\ (d[.a]*g[e^]r"[-o]*t[imac]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Daguerreotyped} (-t[imac]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Daguerreotyping} (-t[imac]`p[i^]ng).] 1. To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a picture. 2. To impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate exactly. |
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