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daguerreotype

UK /dəˈɡɛɹ.(ɪ.)əʊˌtaɪp/US /dəˈɡɛɚ.(i.)oʊˌtaɪp/

noun3

  1. An early type of photograph created by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine vapor or iodine and bromine vapors; such a photograph.
  2. The process of making such photographs.
  3. (figurative, no longer used) A faithful or exact representation or description.

verb2

  1. To make a photograph using this process, to make a daguerreotype (of).
  2. (figurative, no longer used) To describe or represent exactly or faithfully; depict.
forms

daguerreotyped · daguerreotyping · daguerreotypes

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