calotype

[ kal-uh-tahyp ]

noun
  1. an early negative-positive photographic process, patented by William Henry Talbot in 1841, in which a paper negative is produced and then used to make a positive contact print in sunlight.

  2. a print made by this process.

Origin of calotype

1
1835–45; <Greek kalo- (combining form of kalós beautiful) + -type

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calotype

/ (ˈkæləʊˌtaɪp) /


noun
  1. an early photographic process invented by W. H. Fox Talbot, in which the image was produced on paper treated with silver iodide and developed by sodium thiosulphite

  2. a photograph made by this process

Origin of calotype

1
C19: from Greek kalos beautiful + -type

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