OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 37659

daguerreotype

/dəˈɡɛɹ.(ɪ.)əʊˌtaɪp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
daguerrotipo
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; such a photograph.
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Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 37660

daguerreotype

/dəˈɡɛɹ.(ɪ.)əʊˌtaɪp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
daguerrotipar
To make a photograph using this process, to make a daguerreotype (of).
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