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Definition of: ambrotype
(am′brə·tīp′) noun
A photograph made by an obsolete method in which a negative on a glass plate backed by a black surface appears positive because of light reflected from the silver in the negative. [ < (James) Ambro(se Cutting), 1814–67, inventor + -TYPE]
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