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Definition of calotype in English: calotype(also calotype process) noun ˈkalətʌɪpˈkaləˌtīp mass nounhistorical An early photographic process in which negatives were made using paper coated with silver iodide. Example sentencesExamples - A year later William Henry Fox Talbot, the inventor of the calotype process, the forerunner of photography as we know it today, made a series of representations of city views and buildings.
- These experiments led him to develop the calotype process, and the production, in 1835, of the first ever negative, a picture of the Oriel window at Lacock.
- The former is credited with the invention of the calotype; the latter with the daguerreotype.
- In the spring of 1841, Henry Talbot patented this new negative process and called it the calotype.
- His technique was called calotype.
Origin Mid 19th century: from Greek kalos 'beautiful' + type. Definition of calotype in US English: calotype(also calotype process) nounˈkaləˌtīp historical An early photographic process in which negatives were made using paper coated with silver iodide. Example sentencesExamples - These experiments led him to develop the calotype process, and the production, in 1835, of the first ever negative, a picture of the Oriel window at Lacock.
- The former is credited with the invention of the calotype; the latter with the daguerreotype.
- His technique was called calotype.
- A year later William Henry Fox Talbot, the inventor of the calotype process, the forerunner of photography as we know it today, made a series of representations of city views and buildings.
- In the spring of 1841, Henry Talbot patented this new negative process and called it the calotype.
Origin Mid 19th century: from Greek kalos ‘beautiful’ + type. |