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photography
noun
1 photography
The act of taking and printing photographs.
synonym: picture taking.
Roget 420:
light,
ray,
beam,
stream,
gleam,
streak,
pencil;
sunbeam,
moonbeam;
aurora.
day;
sunshine;
light of day,
light of heaven;
moonlight,
starlight,
sunlight
etc.
(luminary)
432;
daylight,
broad daylight,
noontide light;
noontide,
noonday,
noonday sun.
glow
etc.
v.;
glimmering
etc.
v.;
glint;
play of light,
flood of light;
phosphorescence,
lambent flame.
flush,
halo,
glory,
nimbus,
aureola.
spark,
scintilla;
facula;
sparkling
etc.
v.;
emication†,
scintillation,
flash,
blaze,
coruscation,
fulguration†;
flame
etc.
(fire)
382;
lightning,
levin†,
ignis fatuus [Lat.],
etc.
(luminary)
423.
luster,
sheen,
shimmer,
reflexion [Brit.],
reflection;
gloss,
tinsel,
spangle,
brightness,
brilliancy,
splendor;
effulgence,
refulgence;
fulgor†,
fulgidity†;
dazzlement†,
resplendence,
transplendency†;
luminousness
etc.
adj.;
luminosity;
lucidity;
renitency†,
nitency†;
radiance,
radiation;
irradiation,
illumination.
actinic rays,
actinism;
Roentgen-ray,
Xray;
photography,
heliography;
photometer
etc.
445.
[Science of light]
optics;
photology†,
photometry;
dioptrics†,
catoptrics†.
[Distribution of light]
chiaroscuro,
clairobscur†,
clear obscure,
breadth,
light and shade,
black and white,
tonality.
reflection,
refraction,
dispersion;
refractivity.
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Roget 554:
representation,
representment†;
imitation
etc.
19;
illustration,
delineation,
depictment†;
imagery,
portraiture,
iconography;
design,
designing;
art,
fine arts;
painting
etc.
556;
sculpture
etc.
557;
engraving
etc.
558;
photography,
cinematography;
radiography,
autoradiography [Bioch.],
fluorography [Chem],
sciagraphy†.
personation,
personification;
impersonation;
drama
etc.
599.
picture,
photo,
photograph,
daguerreotype,
snapshot;
X-ray photo;
movie film,
movie;
tracing,
scan,
TV image,
video image,
image file,
graphics,
computer graphics,
televideo,
closed-circuit TV.
copy
etc.
21;
drawing,
sketch,
drought,
draft;
plot,
chart,
figure,
scheme.
image,
likeness,
icon,
portrait,
striking likeness,
speaking likeness;
very image;
effigy,
facsimile.
figure,
figure head;
puppet,
doll,
figurine,
aglet†,
manikin,
lay-figure,
model,
mammet†,
marionette,
fantoccini†,
waxwork,
bust;
statue,
statuette.
ideograph,
hieroglyphic,
anaglyph,
kanji [Jap.];
diagram,
monogram.
map,
plan,
chart,
ground plan,
projection,
elevation
(plan)
626.
ichnography†,
cartography;
atlas;
outline,
scheme;
view
etc.
(painting)
556;
radiograph,
scotograph†,
sciagraph†;
spectrogram,
heliogram†.
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Roget 556:
painting;
depicting;
drawing
etc.
v.;
design;
perspective,
sciagraphy†,
skiagraphy†;
chiaroscuro
etc.
(light)
420;
composition;
treatment.
historical painting,
portrait painting,
miniature painting;
landscape painting,
marine painting;
still life,
flower painting,
scene painting;
scenography†.
school,
style;
the grand style,
high art,
genre,
portraiture;
ornamental art
etc.
847.
monochrome,
polychrome;
grisaille [Fr.].
pallet,
palette;
easel;
brush,
pencil,
stump;
black lead,
charcoal,
crayons,
chalk,
pastel;
paint
etc.
(coloring matter)
428;
watercolor,
body color,
oil color;
oils,
oil paint;
varnish
etc.
356.1,
priming;
gouache,
tempera,
distemper,
fresco,
water glass;
enamel;
encaustic painting;
mosaic;
tapestry.
photography,
heliography,
color photography;
sun painting;
graphics,
computer graphics.
picture,
painting,
piece [Fr.],
tableau,
canvas;
oil painting
&c.;
fresco,
cartoon;
easel picture,
cabinet picture,
draught,
draft;
pencil drawing
&c.,
water color drawing,
etching,
charcoal,
pen-and-ink;
sketch,
outline,
study.
photograph,
color photograph,
black-and-white photograph,
holograph,
heliograph;
daguerreotype,
talbotype†,
calotype†,
heliotype†;
negative,
positive;
print,
glossy print,
matte print;
enlargement,
reduction,
life-size print;
instant photo,
Polaroid photo.
technicolor,
Kodachrome,
Ektachrome;
Polaroid.
portrait
etc.
(representation)
554;
whole length,
full length,
half length;
kitcat,
head;
miniature;
shade,
silhouette;
profile.
landscape,
seapiece†;
view,
scene,
prospect;
panorama,
diorama;
still life.
picture gallery,
exhibit;
studio,
atelier;
pinacotheca†.
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Dutch: fotografie
Polish: fotografia
2 photography
The process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces.
Dutch: fotografie
Polish: fotografika
3 photography
The occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies.
Dutch: fotografie
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