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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A photographic process devised by Fox Talbot about 1840, but not now in use.

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

  • noun (Photog.) A method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver; -- also called Talbotype, from the inventor, Mr. Fox. Talbot.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A talbotype

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek κάλο, "good", and τύπος, "impression".

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