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rotograph

rotograph noun: a photograph printed by a process in which a strip or roll of sensitized paper is automatically fed over the negative so that a series of prints are made, and are then rapidly developed, fixed, cut apart, and washed.

Noun

rotograph (plural rotographs)

  1. A photograph printed by a process in which a strip or roll of sensitized paper is automatically fed over the negative so that a series of prints are made, and are then rapidly developed, fixed, cut apart, and washed.

Verb

rotograph (third-person singular simple present rotographs, present participle rotographing, simple past and past participle rotographed)

  1. (transitive) To print by this process.

Forms of rotograph

Noun
pluralrotographs
Verb
third-person singular presentrotographs
present participlerotographing
past participlerotographed
pastrotographed

Origin of rotograph

From roto- + -graph.

Questions about rotograph

What does rotograph mean?
Rotograph means a photograph printed by a process in which a strip or roll of sensitized paper is automatically fed over the negative so that a series of prints are made, and are then rapidly developed, fixed, cut apart, and washed.
What part of speech is rotograph?
Rotograph can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of rotograph?
The plural of rotograph is rotographs.

Words near rotograph in the dictionary

  1. rotoevaporation
  2. rotoevaporator
  3. rotoevaporators
  4. rotogate
  5. rotogates
  6. rotograph
  7. rotographed
  8. rotographing
  9. rotographs
  10. rotogravure
  11. rotogravures

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