daguerreotype

[ duh-gair-uh-tahyp, -ee-uh-tahyp ]

noun

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.

verb (used with object)

, da·guerre·o·typed, da·guerre·o·typ·ing.

1. to photograph by this process.

daguerreotype

/ dəˈɡɛrəʊˌtaɪp /

noun

1. one of the earliest photographic processes, in which the image was produced on iodine-sensitized silver and developed in mercury vapour
2. a photograph formed by this process

Derived Forms

• daˈguerreoˌtypy, noun
• daˈguerreoˌtyper, noun

Other Words From

• da·guerreo·typer da·guerreo·typist noun
• da·guerre·o·typ·ic [d, uh, -gair-, uh, -, tip, -ik, -ee-, uh, -, tip, -], adjective
• da·guerreo·typy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of daguerreotype¹

1830–40; named after L. J. M. Daguerre; -o-, -type

Example Sentences

I was Grace Kelly and that nameless bride in the antique store daguerreotype and every woman who has ever been married wearing anything at all.

From Los Angeles Times

I was Grace Kelly and that nameless bride in the antique store daguerreotype and every woman who has ever been married wearing anything at all.

From Los Angeles Times

She said one image in the collection, of a lively dog who clearly did not wish to stay still for any length of time, was instead created using a method known as "daguerreotype".

From BBC

Ms Quinn said: "Daguerre developed a way of taking pictures using a polished silvered plate and a camera. This produced a single image printed directly onto a plate with astonishing clarity, named the daguerreotype."

From BBC

Later, Campbell took Isaac to a shop to have a daguerreotype—a kind of early photograph—made in 1847.

From Literature