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Meaning of daguerreotype

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daguerreotype

Pronunciation:/dəˈɡɛɹ.əʊ.taɪp//dəˈɡɛɹ.oʊ.taɪp/

noun

Definitions

  1. An early type of photograph created by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine vapor or iodine and bromine vapors.

verb

Definitions

  1. To make a photograph using this process, to make a daguerreotype (of).