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Word: Daguerreotype
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from French daguerréotype, named after L.-J.-M. Daguerre (see Daguerre, Louis)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dəˈɡɛrətʌɪp
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a photograph taken by an early photographic process employing an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapour.
Short Definition:photograph taken by early photographic process employing iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapour
Variant Forms:
- daguerrotype
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