/kal"euh tuyp'/ , n.
1. an early negative-positive photographic process, patented by William Henry Talbot in 1841, in which a paper negative is produced and then used to make a positive contact print in sunlight.
2. a print made by this process. Also called Talbotype .
[ 1835-45; kalo- (comb. form of kalós beautiful) + -TYPE ]