autotype

Noun
Synonyms: autotypyfacsimile

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigmentSynonyms: autotypy
  2. an exact copy or reproductionSynonyms: facsimile
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Autotype \Au"to*type\, n. [Auto- + -type: cf. F. autotype.]

1.A facsimile. [1913 Webster]

2.A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing out of the soluble parts; a kind of picture in ink from a gelatin plate. [1913 Webster]

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