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Photography

/fəˈtɒɡɹəfi/

The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.

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📖 Definitions of "Photography"

noun

1
The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.
2
The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.

🔄 Synonyms of "Photography"

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Word	Definition
picture takingnoun	the act of taking and printing photographs

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Photography"

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Word	Definition
picture takingnoun	the act of taking and printing photographs
photographingnoun	The taking of a photograph.
photographnoun	(photography) A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
photographernoun	(photography) One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.
cameranoun	(photography) A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
photographic	Pertaining to photographs or photography.
imagingnoun	The technique or practice of creating images of otherwise invisible aspects of an object, especially of body parts.
photonoun	(informal) A photograph.
kirliannoun	A surname from Russian.
picturenoun	A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
cameramannoun	Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.
imagerynoun	Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
filmingnoun	The action of the verb to film.
footagenoun	(usually uncountable) An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something.
cinematographynoun	The art, process, or job of filming movies.
imagenoun	A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
printnoun	(uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
cinematographernoun	(cinematography) A photographer who oversees the operations of the cameras and lighting when making a film. The cinematographer may also double as the camera operator of the movie camera, though this is usually done by a cameraman. The film director may also double as the cinematographer, though this is usually a different person.
filmnoun	(uncountable) A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally.
gallerynoun	An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.