macrophotography

noun mac·ro·pho·tog·ra·phy \ˌma-krō-fə-ˈtä-grə-fē\

Definition of MACROPHOTOGRAPHY

: the making of photographs in which the object is either unmagnified or slightly magnified up to a limit often of about 10 diameters

— mac·ro·pho·to·graph \-ˈfō-tə-ˌgraf\ noun

1889

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