English Online Dictionary. What means photography? What does photography mean?
English
Etymology
From French photographie. By surface analysis, photo- + -graphy, together meaning "drawing with light" or "representation by means of lines", "drawing". From φωτός (phōtós, “of light”, genitive), and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fəˈtɒ.ɡɹə.fi/
- (US) IPA(key): /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/
- Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
- Hyphenation: pho‧to‧gra‧phy
Noun
photography (usually uncountable, plural photographies)
- The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.
- The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.
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- phagotrophy