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daguerreotype (iou)



daguerreotype noun & verb. Also daguerrotype. M19.
[French daguerreotype, from Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre (1789-1851), the inventor: see -O-, -TYPE.]
A. noun. (A photograph taken by) an early photographic process using an iodine-sensitized silver(ed) plate and mercury vapour. M19.
b. verb trans. Photograph by the daguerreotype process. M19.