autotype

[ aw-tuh-tahyp ]

/ ˈɔ təˌtaɪp /

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noun

facsimile (defs. 1, 2).

Photography.

a process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment.
a print made by this process.

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Origin of autotype

First recorded in 1850–55; auto-¹ + type

OTHER WORDS FROM autotype

au·to·typ·ic

[aw-tuh-tip-ik], /ˌɔ təˈtɪp ɪk/, adjectiveau·to·typ·y

[aw-tuh-tahy-pee], /ˈɔ təˌtaɪ pi/, noun

Words nearby autotype

autotransplant, autotroph, autotrophic, autotruck, Auto-Tune, autotype, autowinder, autoworker, autoxidation, autres temps, autres mœurs, Autry

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How to use autotype in a sentence

I had several reproductions made by the Autotype Company which I coloured myself, and eventually was 250 in pocket.
Forty Years of 'Spy'|Leslie Ward
He also discovered the direct method of printing by the autotype process.
Noteworthy Families (Modern Science)|Francis Galton and Edgar Schuster
Some are in brown, some in blue, reproduced by the Autotype Company.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
This discovery led to the invention of the Autotype, Woodburytype, Collotype, and other methods of photo-mechanical printing.
The Evolution of Photography |John Werge

Autotype: any specimen identified by the describer as an illustration of his species and compared with the type or co-type.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology|John. B. Smith

British Dictionary definitions for autotype

autotype

/ (ˈɔːtəˌtaɪp) /

noun

a photographic process for producing prints in black and white, using a carbon pigment

an exact copy of a manuscript, etc; facsimile

Derived forms of autotype

autotypic (ˌɔːtəˈtɪpɪk), adjectiveautotypy, noun

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