COLLOTYPE

collotype, collotype printing, photogelatin process

(noun) a photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced; can be used with one or more colors

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

collotype (countable and uncountable, plural collotypes)

(uncountable) A dichromate-based photographic process formerly used for large-volume mechanical printing.

(countable) An image produced by this process.

Source: Wiktionary


Col"lo*type, n. [Gr. glue + -type.]

Definition: A photomechanical print made directly from a hardened film of gelatin or other colloid; also, the process of making such prints. According to one method, the film is sensitized with potassium dichromate and exposed to light under a reversed negative. After the dichromate has been washed out, the film is soaked in glycerin and water. As this treatment causes swelling in those parts of the film which have been acted on by light, a plate results from which impressions can be taken with prepared ink. The albertype, phototype, and heliotype are collotypes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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17 September 2024

SPOT

(noun) a small contrasting part of something; “a bald spot”; “a leopard’s spots”; “a patch of clouds”; “patches of thin ice”; “a fleck of red”


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