Definition of: daguerreotype

(də·ger′ə·tīp′, -ē·ə·tīp′) noun
1. An early photographic process using silver–coated, light–sensitive metallic plates developed by mercury vapor.
2. A picture made by this process. [after Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, 1789–1851, French inventor, + TYPE]
—da·guerre′o·typ′er, da·guerre′o·typ′·ist noun
—da·guerre′o·typ′y noun

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