heliotypy

English

noun
Definitions
  • A method of transferring pictures from photographic negatives to hardened gelatin plates from which impressions are produced on paper as by lithography.

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (sun, sunlight), τύπος (mark, impression, type, figure, text).

Origin

Ancient Greek

τύπος

Gloss

mark, impression, type, figure, text

Concept
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Modern world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

姿

Emoji

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