autotype

A noun referring to a process for producing permanent prints using a carbon pigment, or an exact copy or reproduction of something.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa el proceso de obtener impresiones duraderas mediante pigmento de carbón, o una copia exacta o reproducción de algo.

1. Carbon print process C2 formal

   A photographic printing process that uses carbon pigment to create permanent, high-quality prints.

   • The museum displayed an autotype from the 19th century.
   • Autotype was a popular method for archival prints.
   • He studied the autotype technique in his photography class.

   🇪🇸Autotipia de carbón

2. Exact copy or reproduction C1 formal

   A precise duplicate or facsimile of an original document or object.

   • The library holds an autotype of the original manuscript.
   • This autotype is indistinguishable from the first edition.
   • They produced an autotype of the painting for the exhibition.

   🇪🇸Copia exacta o reproducción fiel

   Sinónimos: clonecopyduplicatefacsimilereplicareproduction

• autotypes plural form
• autotypes' possessive plural form
• autotype's possessive singular form