daguerreotype
noun
da·guerre·o·type
də-ˈger-ō-ˌtīp
-ˈger-ə-;
-ˈge-rō-,
-rə-,
also də-ˈger-ē-ō-ˌtīp,
-ˈger-ē-
: an early photograph produced on a silver or a silver-covered copper plate
also
: the process of producing such photographs
daguerreotype
transitive verb
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