Ferrotype
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ferrotype is a noun meaning (uncountable) An early photographic process in which the image was made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film.
Meaning
(uncountable) An early photographic process in which the image was made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film.
More Meanings
- (countable) A photograph produced by this means.
- (transitive) To produce a ferrotype from.
Example Sentences
"He ferrotyped the pictures, and the next morning, bright and early, he mounted each one in an art-folder (bought during a period of prosperity), and then fared forth to sell them to the eager parents of his little subjects."
Word Forms
- ferrotypes
- ferrotyping
- ferrotyped
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include siderotype, kallitype, melainotype, melanotype, zincotype, platinotype.
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