Autotype

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Autotype \Au"to*type\, n. [Auto- + -type: cf. F. autotype.]
     1. A facsimile.
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     2. 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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  autotype
       n 1: process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment
            [syn: {autotypy}]
       2: an exact copy or reproduction [syn: {facsimile}]