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photography
noun pho·tog·ra·phy \fə-ˈtä-grə-fē\
: the art, process, or job of taking pictures with a camera
Full Definition of PHOTOGRAPHY
: the art or process of producing images by the action of radiant energy and especially light on a sensitive surface (as film or an optical sensor)
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First Known Use of PHOTOGRAPHY
1839
Rhymes with PHOTOGRAPHY
autography, cacography, cartography, chorography, chronography, cosmography, cryptography, demography, discography, ethnography, filmography, geography, holography, lithography, lymphography, mammography, mythography, nomography, orthography, phonography, pictography, planography, pornography, reprography, sonography, stenography, thermography, tomography, topography, typography, venography, xerography, xylography
PHOTOGRAPHY Defined for Kids
photography
noun pho·tog·ra·phy \fə-ˈtä-grə-fē\
Definition of PHOTOGRAPHY for Kids
: the making of pictures by means of a camera that directs the image of an object onto a surface that is sensitive to light
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