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Definition of Daguerreotype
Daguerreotype Daguerreotype Da*guerre"o*type (d[.a]*g[e^]r"[-o]*t[imac]p),
n. [From Daguerre the inventor + -type.]
1. An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver
plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered
sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine,
on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image
is developed by the vapor of mercury.
2. The process of taking such pictures.
Daguerreotype Daguerreotype Da*guerre"o*type (d[.a]*g[e^]r"[-o]*t[imac]p),
v. t. [imp. & p. p. Daguerreotyped (-t[imac]pt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Daguerreotyping (-t[imac]`p[i^]ng).]
1. To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a
picture.
2. To impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate
exactly.