'Melainotype' definitions:
Definition of 'Melainotype'
From: GCIDE
- Melainotype \Me*lai"no*type\, n. See Melanotype. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'melainotype'
From: GCIDE
- Melanotype \Me*lan"o*type\, n. [Gr. me`las, me`lanos, black + -type.] (Photog.) A positive picture produced with sensitized collodion on a smooth surface of black varnish, coating a thin plate of iron; also, the process of making such a picture. [Written also melainotype.] [1913 Webster]