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ferrotype

The English word “ferrotype” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An early photographic process in which the image was made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film.
  2. A photograph produced by this means.

verb

  1. To produce a ferrotype from.

Etymology

From ferro- + -type.

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