'Daguerreotype' definitions:
Definition of 'daguerreotype'
(from WordNet)
noun
A photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor
Definition of 'Daguerreotype'
From: GCIDE
- Daguerreotype \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The process of taking such pictures. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Daguerreotype'
From: GCIDE
- Daguerreotype \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate exactly. Daguerreotyper