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autotype

[ aw-tuh-tahyp ]

noun

  1. Photography.
    1. a process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment.
    2. a print made by this process.


autotype

/ ˈɔːtəˌtaɪp; ˌɔːtəˈtɪpɪk /

noun

  1. a photographic process for producing prints in black and white, using a carbon pigment
  2. an exact copy of a manuscript, etc; facsimile
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܳٴˌٲ, noun
  • autotypic, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ٴ·ٲ· [aw-t, uh, -, tip, -ik], adjective
  • ·ٴ·ٲ· [aw, -t, uh, -tahy-pee], noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of autotype1

First recorded in 1850–55; auto- 1 + type
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Example Sentences

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Mr. Sawyer naturally turned his attention, in the first place, to the autotype process, but it was then in its infancy, and the price prohibitory.

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Over the fireplace is a large and very good autotype of Leonardo da Vinci's "Monna Lisa," with her mysterious smile and exquisite hands.

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There are numerous bookshelves filled with books; while on the walls are one or two Delft plates, etchings after Rossetti, autotypes of paintings by Fra Angelico and Botticelli.

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They are the autotypes of the scribes who wrote them for the libraries in the ruins of which they have been found.

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Facsimiles are given in the well-known edition of the Psalter, which was photographed by the autotype process and published in London in 1873.

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