photography English · revision 5097

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=1839|origins=en photo-, en -graphy}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /fəˈtɒɡ.rə.fi/, US /fəˈtɑː.ɡrə.fi/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|en|photo-|-graphy]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(Klein 1966) from Greek phōs, phōtós “light” and -graphía “writing”, from gráphein “to write”.^(Klein 1966) It is related to [[photograph]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The art or process of producing pictures by the chemical action of light: 1839 in the OED, Etymonline, MWU and the Historical Thesaurus.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(HTOED)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It names both the process and the practice or business of taking photographs.^(HTOED)^(AHD) The AHD also uses it for a body of photographs, such as the pictures in a book or film.^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1839 – the process of producing pictures by light.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The art, process or job of taking and printing [[photograph]]s.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The making of images on surfaces that are sensitive to light.^(AHD)

+ # A collection of photographs.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[multiphotography]]

+ * [[astrophotography]]

+ * [[electrophotography]]

+ * [[macrophotography]]

+ * [[stereophotography]]

+ * [[telephotography]]

+ * [[digital photography]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[photographer]]

+ * [[photographic]]

+ * [[photograph]]

+ * [[photo-]]

+ * [[-graphy]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}