heliotype
[ hee-lee-uh-tahyp ]
/ ˈhi li əˌtaɪp /
noun, verb, he·li·o·typed, he·li·o·typ·ing.
OTHER WORDS FROM heliotype
he·li·o·typ·ic [hee-lee-uh-tip-ik] /ˌhi li əˈtɪp ɪk/, adjective he·li·o·typ·i·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby heliotype
heliotherapy,
heliotrope,
heliotropic,
heliotropin,
heliotropism,
heliotype,
heliozoan,
helipad,
heliport,
heliskiing,
helistop
Example sentences from the Web for heliotype
I have, therefore, had six of them (Plate I.) reproduced by the heliotype process.
The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals |Charles DarwinAll these photographs have been printed by the Heliotype process, and the accuracy of the copy is thus guaranteed.
The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals |Charles DarwinAll of the photographs are similar to those which appear in heliotype, diminished in size, as illustrations of this paper.
The Mayas, the Sources of Their History / Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries |Stephen Salisbury, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for heliotype
heliotype
/ (ˈhiːlɪəʊˌtaɪp) /
noun
Also called: heliotypy
a printing process in which an impression is taken in ink from a gelatine surface that has been exposed under a negative and prepared for printing
the gelatine plate produced by such a process
a print produced from such a plate