phototype
Americannoun
-
a plate with a relief printing surface produced by photography.
-
any process for making such a plate.
-
a print made from it.
noun
-
-
a printing plate produced by photography
-
a print produced from such a plate
-
verb
-
(tr) to reproduce (an illustration) using a phototype
Other Word Forms
- phototypic adjective
- phototypically adverb
Etymology
Origin of phototype
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The plates are phototype reproductions from photographs of Patroclus, taken in action by Baldwin Coolidge.
From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Dodge, Theodore Ayrault
To preserve anatomical accuracy, the finer results of both photography and of the phototype process have had to be sacrificed.
From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Dodge, Theodore Ayrault
What the same eminent scholar gives us now is a reproduction in phototype of "L'Exemplaire."
From Pot-Boilers by Bell, Clive
A phototype and a chromo-phototype, issued by the New Shakspere Society, are the best reproductions for the purposes of study.
From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir
The publishers, who are gaining a world-wide reputation for their photo process reproductions, have added to this book a series of fine phototype plates.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.