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autotype
CIDE DICTIONARY
autotype, n. [Auto- + -type: cf. F. autotype.].
- A facsimile. [1913 Webster]
- A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing out of the soluble parts; a kind of picture in ink from a gelatin plate. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
autotype, n.
1 a facsimile.
2 a a photographic printing process for monochrome reproduction. b a print made by this process.
1 a facsimile.
2 a a photographic printing process for monochrome reproduction. b a print made by this process.
ROGET THESAURUS
autotype
Engraving
N engraving, chalcography, line engraving, mezzotint engraving, stipple engraving, chalk engraving, dry point, bur, etching, aquatinta, chiseling, plate engraving, copperplate engraving, steel engraving, wood engraving, xylography, lignography, glyptography, cerography, lithography, chromolithography, photolithography, zincography, glyphography, xylograph, lignograph, glyptograph, cerograph, lithograph, chromolithograph, photolithograph, zincograph, glyphograph, holograph, impression, print, engraving, plate, steelplate, copperplate, etching, mezzotint, aquatint, lithotint, cut, woodcut, stereotype, graphotype, autotype, heliotype, graver, burin, etching point, style, plate, stone, wood block, negative, die, punch, stamp, printing, plate printing, copperplate printing, anastatic printing, color printing, lithographic printing, type printing, three-color process, illustration, illumination, half tone, photogravure, vignette, initial letter, cul de lampe, tailpiece, lapidary, lapidarian, insculptured, engraved, lapidary, sculpsit, imprimit.For further exploring for "autotype" in Webster Dictionary Online