autotype

American  

[aw-tuh-tahyp] / ˈɔ təˌtaɪp /

noun

1. facsimile.

2. Photography.

   1. a process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment.

   2. a print made by this process.

---

autotype British  

/ ˈɔːtəˌtaɪp, ˌɔːtəˈtɪpɪk /

noun

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

2. an exact copy of a manuscript, etc; facsimile

---

Other Word Forms

• autotypic adjective
• autotypy noun

Etymology

Origin of autotype

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

Example Sentences

Mr. Sawyer naturally turned his attention, in the first place, to the autotype process, but it was then in its infancy, and the price prohibitory.

From Project Gutenberg

Over the fireplace is a large and very good autotype of Leonardo da Vinci's "Monna Lisa," with her mysterious smile and exquisite hands.

From Project Gutenberg

There are numerous bookshelves filled with books; while on the walls are one or two Delft plates, etchings after Rossetti, autotypes of paintings by Fra Angelico and Botticelli.

From Project Gutenberg

They are the autotypes of the scribes who wrote them for the libraries in the ruins of which they have been found.

From Project Gutenberg

Facsimiles are given in the well-known edition of the Psalter, which was photographed by the autotype process and published in London in 1873.

From Project Gutenberg