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 

• AUTOTYPE (noun)

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)