photography

noun
/fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fi/UK/fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/US/ˌfoʈɵˌɡrafi/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) French photographiebor. English photography From French photographie. By surface analysis, photo- + -graphy, together meaning "drawing with light" or "representation by means of lines", "drawing". From φῶς (phôs, “of light”), and γράφω (gráphō, “write, draw”).

  1. borrowed from photographie

Definitions

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

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

    • go on a photography course
  2. The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at photography. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at photography. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at photography

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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