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daguerreotype

da·guerre·o·type [ də gérrə tp ] or da·guer·ro·type [ də gérrə tp ]


noun  (plural da·guerre·o·types) (plural da·guer·ro·types)
Definition:
 
1. early photographic process: an early photographic process in which an image was produced on a light-sensitive silver or silver-coated plate and developed in mercury vapor

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



transitive verb  (past and past participle da·guerre·o·typed, present participle da·guerre·o·typ·ing, 3rd person present singular da·guerre·o·types) (past and past participle da·guer·ro·typed, present participle da·guer·ro·typ·ing, 3rd person present singular da·guer·ro·types)
Definition:
 
photograph somebody or something: to make a daguerreotype of something or somebody

[Mid-19th century. < French daguerréotype, after L. J. Daguerre]

da·guerre·o·typ·er noun
da·guerre·o·typ·y [ də gérrə tpee ] noun
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