CALOTYPE


Meaning of CALOTYPE in English

/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 ]

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