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albertype
Pronunciation \al"ber*type\
Function noun
Etymology From the name of the inventor, Albert, of Munich
Definition A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative
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albumen  Audio
Pronunciation \al*bu"men\
Function noun
Etymology Late Latin, from albus
Date 1599
Definition
  1. the white of an egg
  2. any of numerous simple heat-coagulable water-soluble proteins that occur in blood plasma or serum, muscle, the whites of eggs, milk, and other animal substances and in many plant tissues and fluids
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ambrotype  Audio
Pronunciation \am"bro*type\
Function noun
Etymology Greek ambrotos immortal + English type
Date 1858
Definition
  1. a positive picture made of a photographic negative on glass backed by a dark surface
  2. a picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass
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broadside  Audio
Pronunciation \broad"side`\
Function noun
Date 1575
Definition
  1. a sizable sheet of paper printed on one side
  2. a sheet printed on one or both sides and folded
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chromolithograph  Audio
Pronunciation \chro`mo*lith"o*graph\
Function noun
Date 1860
Definition a picture printed in colors from a series of lithographic stones or plates
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daguerreotype  Audio
Pronunciation \da*guerre"o*type\
Function noun
Etymology French daguerréotype, from L. J. M. Daguerre + French -o- + type
Date 1839
Definition
  1. An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury
  2. the process of producing such photographs
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engrave  Audio
Pronunciation \en*grave"\
Function noun
Etymology Middle French engraver, from en- + graver to grave, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English grafan to grave
Definition
  1. To cut in; to make by incision. [Obs.]
  2. To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.
  3. To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.
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engraving
Pronunciation \en*grav"ing\
Function noun
Definition
  1. The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.
  2. That which is engraved; an engraved plate.
  3. An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.
Note: Engraving on wood is called xylography; on copper, chalcography; on stone lithography. Engravings or prints take from wood blocks are usually called wood cuts, those from stone, lithographs.
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ephemera  Audio
Pronunciation \e*phem"e*ra\
Function noun
Etymology New Latin, from Greek ephEmera, neuter plural of ephEmeros
Date 1751
Definition
  1. something of no lasting significance -- usually used in plural
  2. ephemera plural : collectibles (as posters, broadsides, and tickets) not intended to have lasting value
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ferrotype  Audio
Pronunciation \fer"ro*type\
Function noun
Date 1844
Definition see tintype
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giclée
Pronunciation \je 'kla\
Function noun
Etymology French giclée, a spray or a spurt of liquid
Definition The term giclée print typically connotes a certain elevation in printmaking technology. Images are high resolution digital scans printed with archival quality inks onto various substrates including canvas, fine art, and photo based. The giclée printing process provides better color accuracy than other means of reproduction. As for quality, the giclée print now rivals many traditional silver-halide printing processes and is commonly found in museums, art galleries, and photographic galleries.
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gutta-percha  Audio
Pronunciation \gut"ta-per`cha`\
Function noun
Etymology Malay getah-percha, from getah sap, latex + percha scrap, rag
Definition
  1. a whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of the gutta-percha tree
  2. A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the {Isonandra, or Dichopsis, Gutta}. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The {Mimusops globosa} of Guiana also yields this material.
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halftone  Audio
Pronunciation \half tone\
Function noun
Date 1651
Definition
  1. any of the shades of gray between the darkest and the lightest parts of a photographic image
  2. a photoengraving made from an image photographed through a screen and then etched so that the details of the image are reproduced in dots
  3. an image (as one printed on an offset press or laser printer) that renders smooth variations of color in an original by means of dots assigned to areas of the image electronically
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japan  Audio
Pronunciation \ja*pan"\
Function noun
Date 1688
Definition
  1. any of several varnishes yielding a hard brilliant finish
  2. a hard dark coating containing asphalt and a drier that is used especially on metal and fixed by heating -- called also japan black
  3. work (as lacquer ware) finished and decorated in the Japanese manner
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letterpress  Audio
Pronunciation \let"ter*press`\
Function noun
Date circa 1765
Definition the process of printing from an inked raised surface especially when the paper is impressed directly upon the surface
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lithograph  Audio
Pronunciation \lith"o*graph\
Function noun
Date 1828
Definition a print made by lithography
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lithography  Audio
Pronunciation \li*thog"ra*phy\
Function noun
Etymology German Lithographie, from lith- + -graphie -graphy
Date 1813
Definition the process of printing from a plane surface (as a smooth stone or metal plate) on which the image to be printed is ink-receptive and the blank area ink-repellent
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mat  Audio
Pronunciation \mat\
Function noun
Definition see matte
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matte  Audio
Pronunciation \matte\
Function noun
Etymology French, from Middle French, crude metal, curdled milk, from feminine of mat thick, dull, matte
Date 1839
Definition
  1. A decorative border placed around a picture to serve as a frame or provide contrast between the picture and the frame
  2. A dull, often rough finish
  3. a motion-picture effect in which part of a scene is blocked out and later replaced by footage containing other material (as a background painting)
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montage  Audio
Pronunciation \mon*tazh'\
Function noun
Etymology French, from monter to mount
Definition a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs
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offset printing
Pronunciation \off"set print"ing\
Function noun
Definition the process of printing by indirect image transfer, especially by using a metal or paper plate to ink a smooth rubber cylinder that transfers the ink to the paper
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pH  Audio
Pronunciation \pee eych\
Function noun
Etymology German, from Potenz power + H (symbol for hydrogen)
Date 1909
Definition
  1. a measure of acidity and alkalinity of a solution that is a number on a scale on which a value of 7 represents neutrality and lower numbers indicate increasing acidity and higher numbers increasing alkalinity and on which each unit of change represents a tenfold change in acidity or alkalinity and that is the negative logarithm of the effective hydrogen-ion concentration or hydrogen-ion activity in gram equivalents per liter of the solution
  2. the condition represented by a pH number
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photographic plate
Pronunciation \pho`to*graph"ic plate\
Function noun
Definition a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
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photogravure  Audio
Pronunciation \pho`to*grav"ure\
Function noun
Etymology French, from phot- + gravure
Date 1879
Definition process of printing from an intaglio plate, etched according to a photographic image
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photolithography  Audio
Pronunciation \pho`to*li*thog"ra*phy\
Function noun
Etymology International Scientific Vocabulary
Date 1856
Definition
  1. lithography in which photographically prepared plates are used
  2. a process involving the photographic transfer of a pattern to a surface for etching
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photomontage  Audio
Pronunciation \pho"to*mon*tazh'\
Function noun
Definition a montage that uses photographic images
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retouch  Audio
Pronunciation \re*touch"\
Function noun
Etymology French retoucher, from Middle French, from re- + toucher to touch
Date 1685
Definition
  1. to rework in order to improve
  2. to alter (as a photographic negative) to produce a more desirable appearance
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sepia  Audio
Pronunciation \se"pi*a\
Function noun
Etymology Latin, cuttlefish, ink, from Greek sEpia
Date 1821
Definition
  1. the inky secretion of a cuttlefish
  2. a print or photograph of a brown color resembling sepia
  3. a brownish gray to dark olive brown color
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shrink-wrap  Audio
Pronunciation '\shrink wrap\
Function noun
Date 1966
Definition to wrap (as a book or meat) in tough clear plastic film that is then shrunk (as by heating) to form a tightly fitting package
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silver nitrate
Pronunciation \sil"ver ni"trate\
Function noun
Date 1885
Definition an irritant compound AgNO3 that in contact with organic matter turns black and is used as a chemical reagent, in photography, and in medicine especially as an antiseptic and caustic
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stereograph  Audio
Pronunciation \ste"re*o*graph\
Function noun
Definition Any picture, or pair of pictures, prepared for exhibition in the stereoscope. Stereographs are now commonly made by means of photography.
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stereoscope  Audio
Pronunciation \ste"re*o*scope\
Function noun
Definition An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer.

Note: In the reflecting stereoscope, the rays from the two pictures are turned into the proper direction for stereoscopic vision by two plane mirrors set at an angle with each other, and between the pictures. In the lenticular stereoscope, the form in general use, the eyeglasses are semilenses, or marginal portions of the same convex lenses, set with their edges toward each other, so that they deflect the rays coming from the picture so as to strike the eyes as if coming direct from an intermediate point, where the two pictures are seen apparently as one.
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stereoview
Pronunciation \ste"re*o*vyoo\
Function noun
Definition see stereograph
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timetable  Audio
Pronunciation \time ta"ble\ul
Function noun
Date 1838
Definition
  1. a table of departure and arrival times of trains, buses, or airplanes
  2. a schedule showing a planned order or sequence
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tintype  Audio
Pronunciation \tin"type`\
Function noun
Date 1864
Definition
  1. a positive photograph made by a collodion process on a thin iron plate having a darkened surface
  2. the process by which a ferrotype is made
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