— collotypic /kol'euh tip"ik/ , adj. — collotypy /kol"euh tuy'pee/ , n.
/kol"euh tuyp'/ , n. , v. , collotyped, collotyping .
n. Also called albertype, artotype, heliotype .
1. any photomechanical process of printing from a plate coated with gelatin.
2. the plate used for this.
3. a print made from such a plate.
v.t.
4. to produce (a print) by collotype; albertype; artotype; heliotype.
[ 1880-85; kóll ( a ) glue + -o- + -TYPE ]