Definition of Daguerreotipe
Daguerreotype, a process named after its inventor, Louis Daguerre, a
Frenchman, of producing pictures by means of the camera on a surface
sensitive to light and shade, and interesting as the first step in
photography.
- Wikipedia
Da*guerre"o*type (d&adot;*g&ebreve;r"&osl;*tīp),
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&adot;*g&ebreve;r"&osl;*tīp),
v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Daguerreotyped (-tīpt); p. pr. & vb.
n. Daguerreotyping (-tī`p&ibreve;ng).]
1. To produce or represent by the daguerreotype
process, as a picture.
2. To impress with great distinctness; to
imprint; to imitate exactly.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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