Usually means: Photograph on glass, early technique.
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  2. ambrotype: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  14. ambrotype: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  15. ambrotype: Infoplease Dictionary
  16. ambrotype: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ambrotype)

▸ noun:  (photography, historical) An early type of photograph in which a glass negative appears positive when displayed on a black background.

Similar:
photochrom, autotypy, calotype, albertype, diaphanotype, autotype, panotype, ozobrome, opalotype, talbotype, more...

Opposite:
negative, daguerreotype, tintype, positive

Types:
one-half, one-quarter, whole-plate, sixth-plate, ninth-plate, more...
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Similar:
photochrom, autotypy, calotype, albertype, diaphanotype, autotype, panotype, ozobrome, opalotype, talbotype, more...

Opposite:
negative, daguerreotype, tintype, positive

Types:
one-half, one-quarter, whole-plate, sixth-plate, ninth-plate, more...



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