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daguerreotype

The correct spelling is daguerreotype.

How to pronounce daguerreotype

noun

IPA: /dəˈɡɛɹ.əʊ.taɪp/

Say it like: Dag-uer-reo-typ-e

The correct spelling is daguerreotype. An early type of photograph created by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine vapor or iodine and bromine vapors.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An early type of photograph created by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine vapor or iodine and bromine vapors.

verb

  1. 1.To make a photograph using this process, to make a daguerreotype (of).

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