phototype

[foh-tuh-tahyp]

noun

Printing.

1. a plate with a relief printing surface produced by photography.

2. any process for making such a plate.

3. a print made from it.

phototype

/ ˌfəʊtəʊˈtɪpɪk, ˈfəʊtəʊˌtaɪp /

noun

1. 1. a printing plate produced by photography

   2. a print produced from such a plate

verb

1. (tr) to reproduce (an illustration) using a phototype

Other Word Forms

• phototypic adjective
• phototypically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of phototype¹

First recorded in 1855–60; photo- + -type

Example Sentences

Using the Fitzpatrick skin phototype scale, which is a numerical measure of skin color and type used by dermatologists, the researchers assessed the response of different skin types to UV light.

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The plates are phototype reproductions from photographs of Patroclus, taken in action by Baldwin Coolidge.

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In enlarging them by solar prints for the phototype process, the shadows of the horse have been darkened, or in some instances, where a negative has been blurred or injured, an indistinct line has been strengthened.

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To preserve anatomical accuracy, the finer results of both photography and of the phototype process have had to be sacrificed.

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Phototype, fō′tō-tīp, n. a type or plate of the same nature as an engraved plate, produced from a photograph.—n.

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