Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The art or process of producing phototypes.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The art or process of producing phototypes.

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  • noun The art or process of producing phototypes.

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Examples

  • This princeps edition was also multiplied by phototypy (Paris, 1910).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • Thus this invention does away with all sensitive preparations on glass, which latter is both a brittle and relatively heavy material, thus diminishing the bulk and weight of amateur and scientific photographers 'luggage when traveling; it produces photographic negatives as fine and as transparent as those on glass, in so much that the film does not contain any grain; and, lastly, it admits of printing from either face of the film, as regards the production of positives on paper or other material, as well as plates for phototypy and photo-engraving, which latter processes require

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 Various

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