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Nov 14, 2009
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fer•ro•type



Pronunciation: (fer'u-tīp"), [key]
—v., -typed, -typ•ing,
—n. Photog.

—v.t.
to put a glossy surface on (a print) by pressing, while wet, on a metal sheet (fer'rotype tin").

—n.
1. Also called tintype. a positive photograph made on a sensitized sheet of enameled iron or tin.
2. the process of making such photographs.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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