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photorealism

noun

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-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Late Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English realism English photorealism From photo- + realism.

  1. derived from -ism English realism English photorealism From photo- + realism
  2. derived from reelbor
  3. derived from *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder✻
  4. derived from *reis Late Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der✻

Definitions

  1. An extremely realistic style distinguished by paintings, drawings, etc. that are nearly…

    An extremely realistic style distinguished by paintings, drawings, etc. that are nearly indistinguishable from photographs, frequently produced by tracing and emulating an original photograph.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for photorealism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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