ALL meanings of ferrotype
fer·ro·type
F f - verb with object ferrotype to put a glossy surface on (a print) by pressing, while wet, on a metal sheet (ferrotype tin) 1
- noun ferrotype Also called tintype. a positive photograph made on a sensitized sheet of enameled iron or tin. 1
- noun ferrotype the process of making such photographs. 1
- noun ferrotype An early photographic process in which the image is made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film. 1
- noun ferrotype a photographic print produced directly in a camera by exposing a sheet of iron or tin coated with a sensitized enamel 0
- noun ferrotype the process by which such a print is produced 0
- noun ferrotype a positive photograph taken directly on a thin plate of black-enameled iron coated with a sensitized emulsion; tintype 0
- noun ferrotype the process of making such photographs 0
- verb transitive ferrotype to give a glossy finish to (a photographic print) by squeezing into contact with a highly polished surface, usually chromium-plated steel, stainless steel, or plastic 0
- verb ferrotype to take a ferrotype photograph. 0