diaphanotype
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek διαφανής (diaphanḗs, “transparent”) + -type
Noun
diaphanotype (plural diaphanotypes)
- (dated) A colour photograph produced by superimposing a translucent coloured positive over a strong uncoloured one.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for diaphanotype in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)