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heliotype

 
Dictionary: he·li·o·type   (hē'lē-ə-tīp') pronunciation
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n.
  1. A photomechanically produced plate for pictures or type made by exposing a gelatin film under a negative, hardening it with chrome alum, and printing directly from it.
  2. also he·li·o·typ·y (-tī'pē) The process of producing a heliotype.
heliotype he'li·o·type' v.
heliotypic he'li·o·typ'ic (-tĭp'ĭk) adj.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy
  Synonym: hectograph

 
 
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photogelatin printing plate (graphic arts)
Ferdinando Ongania (art)
1822 (chronology)

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