heliotype

American  

[hee-lee-uh-tahyp] / ˈhi li əˌtaɪp /

noun

heliotyped, heliotyping

1. collotype.

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heliotype British  

/ ˈhiːlɪəʊˌtaɪp, ˌhiːlɪəʊˈtɪpɪk /

noun

1. Also called: heliotypy.  a printing process in which an impression is taken in ink from a gelatine surface that has been exposed under a negative and prepared for printing

2. the gelatine plate produced by such a process

3. a print produced from such a plate

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Other Word Forms

• heliotypic
  adjective
• heliotypically
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of heliotype

First recorded in 1865–70; helio- + -type

Example Sentences

The illustrations consist of a fine heliotype view of the Old State House, from the east end, the home of the Society; and a copy of its well-devised seal, in the heraldic coloring.

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 by Various

Casts are first taken from the coins, in white plaster; these are photographed, and the photograph printed by the heliotype process of Messrs. Edwards and Kidd.

From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by Ruskin, John

It is plainly shown in the heliotype which accompanies Professor Rau’s work on the Palenque cross, though not so well in our Fig.

From Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245 by Holden, Edward Singleton

Hē′liotype, a photograph.—v.t. to produce a heliotype picture of.—v.i. to practise heliotypy.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

As the map of 1632 has often been referred to in this work, we have introduced into this volume a heliotype copy.

From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)