daguerreotype

Definition of Daguerreotype in English :

1. daguerreotype

a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Daguerreotype

noun

1.

one of the earliest photographic processes, in which the image was produced on iodine-sensitized silver and developed in mercury vapour

2.

a photograph formed by this process

noun

1.

a photograph made by an early method on a plate of chemically treated metal

2.

this method

verb transitiveWord forms: daˈguerreoˌtyped or daˈguerreoˌtyping

3.

to photograph by this method

n.

1. An early photographic process with the image made on a light-sensitive silver-coated metallic plate.

2. A photograph made by this process.

tr.v. da·guerre·o·typed, da·guerre·o·typ·ing, da·guerre·o·types

To make a daguerreotype of.