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talbotype

talbotype noun: an early photograph produced on paper coated with silver iodide.

Noun

talbotype (plural talbotypes)

  1. An early photograph produced on paper coated with silver iodide.
    • Talbotypes may become of the highest value to travelling artists; they will save him the trouble of making hasty and imperfect sketches, and they will prevent the vexation subsequently arising from the omission of some bit of detail[…]1867, The Art Journal, volume 8
    Synonyms:
    calotype

Synonyms of talbotype

Forms of talbotype

pluraltalbotypes

Origin of talbotype

From Talbot + type, after its inventor Henry Fox Talbot.

Words formed from talbotype

Questions about talbotype

What does talbotype mean?
Talbotype means an early photograph produced on paper coated with silver iodide.
What part of speech is talbotype?
Talbotype is a noun.
What is the plural of talbotype?
The plural of talbotype is talbotypes.

Words near talbotype in the dictionary

  1. Talbot-Plateau law
  2. talbots
  3. Talbott
  4. Talbotton
  5. Talbotts
  6. talbotype
  7. talbotypes
  8. talbotypist
  9. talbotypists
  10. talbutal
  11. talc

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