daguerreotype
See also: daguerréotype and daguerréotypé
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French daguerréotype. Named after French artist Louis Daguerre (1787–1851) who announced the process in 1839. Daguerre developed the process after some years of collaborations with French chemist Nicéphore Niépce.
Pronunciation
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Noun
daguerreotype (plural daguerreotypes)
- An early type of photograph created by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine vapor or iodine and bromine vapors.
Related terms
Translations
type of photograph
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Verb
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- (transitive, intransitive) To make a photograph using this process, to make a daguerreotype (of).
Translations
make a photograph
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