daguerreotype
/dəˈɡɛɹ.(ɪ.)əʊˌtaɪp/noun
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1
An early type of photograph created by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine vapor or iodine and bromine vapors; such a photograph.
2
The process of making such photographs.
3
A faithful or exact representation or description.
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