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calotype

cal·o·type [ kállə tp ] (plural cal·o·types)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. early photographic process: a 19th-century photographic process producing a negative on a plate wetted with silver iodide

2. early photograph: a photograph produced by the calotype process

[Mid-19th century. < Greek kalos "beautiful"]
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