noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A method of transferring pictures from photographic negatives to hardened gelatin plates from which impressions are produced on paper as by lithography. uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios) + Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos).

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