aristotype

English

Etymology

From aristo- +‎ -type.

Noun

aristotype (plural aristotypes)

  1. A high-symmetry crystallographic structure type that can be viewed as an idealized version of a lower-symmetry structure.
  2. (historical) A printing process using paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin, or (later) any similar process using silver salts in either collodion or gelatin.
  3. (historical) A print made by such a process.

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