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(word root) lightExamples of words with the root photo-: photochemical
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pho·to
(fō′tō) Informaln. pl. pho·tos
A photograph.
tr. & intr.v. pho·toed, pho·to·ing, pho·tos
To photograph or take photographs.
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photo
(ˈfəʊtəʊ)n, pl -tos
(Photography) short for photograph1
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pho•to
(ˈfoʊ toʊ)n., pl. -tos.
a photograph.
[1855–60; by shortening]
photo-
a combining form meaning “light” (photobiology); also used to represent photographic or photograph: photocopy.
[< Greek, comb. form of phôs (genitive phōtós)]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() beefcake - a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire black and white, monochrome - a black-and-white photograph or slide blueprint - photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc. cheesecake - a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire closeup - a photograph taken at close range daguerreotype - a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor frame - a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film glossy - a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper headshot - a photograph of a person's head hologram, holograph - the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography longshot - a photograph taken from a distance microdot - photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security) photocopy - a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work photographic print, print - a printed picture produced from a photographic negative photomicrograph - a photograph taken with the help of a microscope radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagram, skiagraph, radiogram - a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays) representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something snapshot, snap, shot - an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends" spectrogram, spectrograph - a photographic record of a spectrum stereoscopic photograph, stereoscopic picture, stereo - two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together still - a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes); "he wanted some stills for a magazine ad" telephoto, telephotograph - a photograph made with a telephoto lens telephotograph - a photograph transmitted and reproduced over a distance time exposure - a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time vignette - a photograph whose edges shade off gradually wedding picture - photographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their wedding |
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[ˈfəʊtəʊ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
photo
(ˈfəutou) – plural ˈphotos – noun a photograph. fotografía, foto
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