— daguerreotyper, daguerreotypist , n. — daguerreotypic /deuh gair'euh tip"ik, -ee euh tip"-/ , adj. — daguerreotypy , n.
/deuh gair"euh tuyp', -ee euh tuyp'/ , n. , v. , daguerreotyped, daguerreotyping .
n.
1. an obsolete photographic process, invented in 1839, in which a picture made on a silver surface sensitized with iodine was developed by exposure to mercury vapor.
2. a picture made by this process.
v.t.
3. to photograph by this process.
[ 1830-40; named after L. J. M. DAGUERRE; see -O-, -TYPE ]