daguerreotype (redirected from Daguerrotypes)

da·guerre·o·type  (d-gâr-tp)

n.

1. An early photographic process with the image made on a light-sensitive silver-coated metallic plate.

2. A photograph made by this process.

tr.v. da·guerre·o·typed, da·guerre·o·typ·ing, da·guerre·o·types

To make a daguerreotype of.

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[French, after Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre.]

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da·guerreo·typer n.

da·guerreo·typy n.

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daguerreotype [dəˈgɛrəʊˌtaɪp]

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) one of the earliest photographic processes, in which the image was produced on iodine-sensitized silver and developed in mercury vapour

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) a photograph formed by this process

daguerreotyper , daguerreotypist n

daguerreotypy  n

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daguerreotype

an obsolete form of photography in which images were produced on chemically treated plates of metal or glass. — daguerreotypic, daguerreotypical, adj. — daguerreotypist, n.

See also: Photography

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

daguerreotype - a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor photo, photograph, pic, exposure, picture - a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

Translations

daguerreotype

n → Daguerreotypie f

vt → nach dem Daguerreotypieverfahren fotografieren

daguerreotype [dəˈgɛrəʊˌtaɪp] n → dagherrotipo

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daguerreotype [dəˈgɛrəʊˌtaɪp] n → dagherrotipo