rotograph

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noun

A photograph printed by a process in which a strip or roll of sensitized paper is automatically fed over the negative so that a series of prints are made, and are then rapidly developed, fixed, cut apart, and washed.

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Meanings

nounrotograph (plural rotographs)

plural rotographs

  1. A photograph printed by a process in which a strip or roll of sensitized paper is automatically fed over the negative so that a series of prints are made, and are then rapidly developed, fixed, cut apart, and washed.
verbrotograph (third-person singular simple present rotographs, present participle rotographing, simple past and past participle rotographed)

present singular third person rotographs · participle present rotographing · participle past rotographed · past rotographed

  1. transitiveTo print by this process.

Origin

From roto- + -graph.

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APA

rotograph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rotograph

MLA

“rotograph.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rotograph. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rotograph,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rotograph.

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