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The digital print is becoming the look of our time, and it makes the C-print start to look like a tintype.
Joel Sternfeld

Meaning of "tintype" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TINTYPE

tintype  [ˈtɪnˌtaɪp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TINTYPE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tintype is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TINTYPE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tintype

A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of iron coated with a dark lacquer or enamel and used as the support for the photographic emulsion. Tintypes enjoyed their widest use during the 1860s and 1870s, but lesser use of the medium persisted into the early 20th century and it has been revived as a novelty in the 21st. Tintype portraits were at first usually made in a formal photographic studio, like daguerreotypes and other early types of photographs, but later they were most commonly made by photographers working in booths or the open air at fairs and carnivals, as well as by itinerant sidewalk photographers. Because the lacquered iron support was resilient and did not need drying, a tintype could be developed and fixed and handed to the customer only a few minutes after the picture had been taken. The tintype's immediate predecessor, the ambrotype, was the same process using a sheet of glass as the support. The glass was either of a dark color or provided with a black backing so that, as with a tintype, the underexposed negative image in the emulsion appeared as a positive.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TINTYPE


ambrotype
ˈæmbrəʊˌtaɪp
archetype
ˈɑːkɪˌtaɪp
autotype
ˈɔːtəˌtaɪp
biotype
ˈbaɪəˌtaɪp
collotype
ˈkɒləʊˌtaɪp
cyanotype
saɪˈænəˌtaɪp
ecotype
ˈiːkəˌtaɪp
genotype
ˈdʒɛnəʊˌtaɪp
haplotype
ˈhæpləʊˌtaɪp
holotype
ˈhɒləˌtaɪp
isotype
ˈaɪsəˌtaɪp
Linotype
ˈlaɪnəʊˌtaɪp
logotype
ˈlɒɡəʊˌtaɪp
monotype
ˈmɒnəˌtaɪp
phenotype
ˈfiːnəʊˌtaɪp
phototype
ˈfəʊtəʊˌtaɪp
prototype
ˈprəʊtəˌtaɪp
stereotype
ˈstɛrɪəˌtaɪp
subtype
ˈsʌbˌtaɪp
word-type
ˈwɜːdˌtaɪp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TINTYPE

tinted
tinter
Tintin
tintiness
tintinnabula
tintinnabulant
tintinnabular
tintinnabulary
tintinnabulate
tintinnabulation
tintinnabulous
tintinnabulum
tintless
tintometer
tintookie
Tintoretto
tinty
tinware
tinwork
tinworks

WORDS THAT END LIKE TINTYPE

blood type
bold type
character type
daguerreotype
e-type
electrotype
heavy type
karyotype
mistype
n-type
p-type
personality type
retype
spectral type
Teletype
tissue type
touch-type
type
variable type
wild type

Synonyms and antonyms of tintype in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tintype» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TINTYPE

Find out the translation of tintype to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tintype from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tintype» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

tintype
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tintype
570 millions of speakers

English

tintype
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टिनटाइप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tintype
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ферротипия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ferrotipia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টিন্টাইপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tintype
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tintype
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tintype
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tintype
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tintype
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tintype
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kiểu làm bằng sắt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tintype
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टिन टाइप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tintype
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tintype
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tintype
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ферротіпія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Tintype
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tintype
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tintype
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tintype
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tintype
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tintype

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TINTYPE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TINTYPE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tintype

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QUOTES WITH «TINTYPE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tintype.
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Joel Sternfeld
The digital print is becoming the look of our time, and it makes the C-print start to look like a tintype.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TINTYPE»

Discover the use of tintype in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tintype and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The American tintype
History of the Tintype.
Floyd Rinhart, Marion Rinhart, Robert W. Wagner, 1999
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Forgotten marriage: the painted tintype & the decorative ...
This beautifully illustrated book contains more new information about photographic history than any recent volume.
Stanley B. Burns, National Arts Club (New York, N.Y.), 1995
3
American and the Tintype
By Steven kasher, with contributions by Geoffrey Batchen and Karen Halttunen.
Brian Wallis, International Center of Photography, 2008
4
Diary, Dream & Tintype
Kevin Cawley. What gorgeous gloom! By morning I felt better, recorded what I'd written hoping tape might help elucidate my hieroglyphics. Seldom bothers me to babble now. I've lost my old self-consciousness. Who cares what awesomely ...
Kevin Cawley
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Ancestry magazine
The photograph can be dated by its type: daguerreotype, ambrotype, or tintype. To date the case, the viewer must look at the characteristics of the case. First, check the mat used to frame the photograph. In the 1840s, the mats were very ...
6
Tintype Types
They were those rugged pioneers, the vanguard of civilization, who braved the wilderness in the early nineteenth century, who build such settlements as Briar Branch, Lizard Lope and Terrapin Neck...it is hoped you'll enjoy these stories of ...
Violet Short, 2005
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Digital Restoration from Start to Finish: How to Repair Old ...
What Do You Do with a Tintype? Tintypes raise interesting questions about your goals in performing a restoration. Is your objective to make the photograph look the way it did originally or to make it look like a good photograph by today's ...
Ctein,, 2013
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HSA Heritage Americana Civil War Catalog
25157 Gem Size Tintype of Union Officer and Contraband Child. A gem-sized tintype of an unidentified Union officer and a Black child in uniform. The tintype is exceptionally clear and the officer's uniform, sword, belt plate and kepi and all in  ...
Ivy Press, Tom Slater, Marsha Dixey, James L. Halperin (editor), 2006
9
HSA Historical Americana Auction Catalog #6006
47042 Abraham Lincoln: A Fine Large Tintype. The classic "five dollar bill pose," set into original carte devisite. The card is marked with the photographer's stamp on the verso. The tintype itself is in virtually mint condition, although the CDV ...
Heritage Auctions, Inc., 2008
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Camera Clues: A Handbook for Photographic Investigation
Remember that a tintype, like an ambrotype, is a negative image viewed against a black background. Close examination of this image suggested that it wasn't a negative image at all, but was a positive image against an off-white background.
Joe Nickell, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TINTYPE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tintype is used in the context of the following news items.
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New York City Skateboarders, on Tintype
In 2007, midway through her training as an art conservator, Melissa Cacciola found herself learning about tintype portraits. A nineteenth-century photographic ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
2
Tintype Portraits of a New Generation of Folk Singers
At the Newport Folk Festival, the oldest music festival in the country, now in its 56th year, a young generation of folk musicians prides itself on just the opposite: ... «Vanity Fair, Jul 15»
3
Snapshot: Tintype heirlooms
The Glens Falls Art, which creates images on metal or glass and reproduction Daguerreotype/tintype cases by hand, is now a mobile operation and will begin ... «The Saratogian, Jun 15»
4
Tintype portraits of celebrities - in pictures
Taken using a Graflex Super D camera, photographer Victoria Will worked in a studio and lab set up at this year's Sundance film festival, creating aluminium ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
5
Recreating the Look of Tintype Photography Using Photoshop
The other night I came across the work of photographer Victoria Will, who made real tintype portraits of some actors who attended this year's Sundance Film ... «PetaPixel, Apr 15»
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Celebrity portraits are haunting when shot on an old tintype camera
So she turned her temporary digital studio into a tintype photography studio and invited her celebrity subjects to experience a more old-fashioned portrait shoot. «Mashable, Apr 15»
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Tintype Portraits of Celebrities at the Sundance Film Festival
Instead of using her DSLR, however, Will decided to pick up an old Graflex Super D camera and create aluminum tintype portraits of the actors and actresses. «PetaPixel, Apr 15»
8
NYC exhibition: Tintype portraits of 9/11 Mohawk ironworkers
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City exhibition is presenting tintype portraits of 30 Mohawk ironworkers who helped in the 9/11 rescue efforts and the construction ... «Washington Times, Jan 15»
9
Watch: Connecticut Photographer Explains 19th-Century Tintypes
On a recent episode of WNPR's Where We Live, photographer and filmmaker Ty Morin spoke about his passion for tintype photography, a photographic process ... «WNPR News, Dec 14»
10
Local Bands Get Tintype Photo Treatment For YouTube Series
Bands are used to the drill by now: take a few promotional photos (smiling, serious, pouty, ready to bust some heads) and put them on your press-kit page, so a ... «Hartford Courant, Nov 14»

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