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.

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autotype British  

/ ˈɔːtəˌtaɪp /

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

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Other Word Forms

• autotypy
  noun
• autotypic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of autotype

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

autotype

Klasse, Bd. viii. pp. 187-296, with 10 facsimile plates in autotype from the MS.;

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

One of Lettice's favorite possessions, a large autotype of the Sistine Madonna, hung on the wall fronting her writing-table, so that she could see it in the pauses of her work.

From Name and Fame A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

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 A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

He also discovered the direct method of printing by the autotype process.

From Noteworthy Families (Modern Science) An Index to Kinships in Near Degrees between Persons Whose Achievements Are Honourable, and Have Been Publicly Recorded by Sir Francis Galton

The surface of a drawing should be mate for autotype reproduction.

From Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 by Philip Gilbert Hamerton

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