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AUTOTYPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does autotype mean?
• AUTOTYPE (noun)
The noun AUTOTYPE has 2 senses:
1. process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment
2. an exact copy or reproduction
Familiarity information: AUTOTYPE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
autotype; autotypy
Hypernyms ("autotype" is a kind of...):
photography (the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces)
Derivation:
autotypic (of or relating to autotypy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An exact copy or reproduction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
autotype; facsimile
Hypernyms ("autotype" is a kind of...):
copy (a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing)
Derivation:
autotypic (of or relating to autotypy)
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