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heliotypy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
he-lio-typy
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A method of transferring pictures from photographic negatives to hardened gelatin plates from which impressions are produced on paper as by lithography.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios) + Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ἥλιος, τύπος

Usage

Derived Forms

heliotype heliotypic

Questions

What does heliotypy mean?
A method of transferring pictures from photographic negatives to hardened gelatin plates from which impressions are produced on paper as by lithography.
Where does heliotypy come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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