photo : Idioms & Phrases

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photo credit

  • noun a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph
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photo finish

  • noun in general, any very close finish; in particular, a finish of a race in which the contestants are so close together that the winner must be determined from a photograph taken at the instant of finishing
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photo op

  • noun an occasion that lends itself to (or is deliberately arranged for) taking photographs that provide favorable publicity for those who are photographed
    photo op.
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photo opportunity

  • noun an occasion that lends itself to (or is deliberately arranged for) taking photographs that provide favorable publicity for those who are photographed
    photo op.
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photo-

Pho"to-
Definitions
  1. A combining form from Gr. fw^s, fwto`s, light; as, photography, phototype, photometer.
Webster 1913

photo-electric

Pho`to-e*lec"tric adjective
Etymology
Photo- + electric.
Definitions
  1. Acting by the operation of both light and electricity; -- said of apparatus for producing pictures by electric light.
Webster 1913

photo-electrotype

Pho`to-e*lec"tro*type noun
Definitions
  1. (Print.) An electrotype plate formed in a mold made by photographing on prepared gelatine, etc.
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photo-engraving

Pho`to-en*grav"ing noun
Etymology
Photo- + engraving.
Definitions
  1. The process of obtaining an etched or engraved plate from the photographic image, to be used in printing; also, a picture produced by such a process.
Webster 1913

photo-epinasty

Pho`to-ep"i*nas`ty noun
Etymology
See Photo-, and Epinastic.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light. Encyc. Brit.
Webster 1913

photo-offset

  • noun a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates
    photo-offset.
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photo-offset printing

  • noun a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates
    photo-offset.
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