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111photochromy — /foh teuh kroh mee/, n. a former technique of color photography. [1885 90; PHOTO + CHROME + Y3] * * * …
112photocompose — /foh toh keuhm pohz /, v.t., photocomposed, photocomposing. to set (type) on a photocomposer. [1925 30; PHOTO + COMPOSE] * * * …
113photocomposer — /foh toh keuhm poh zeuhr/, n. a machine for setting type photographically. [1925 30; PHOTO + COMPOSER] * * * …
114photocomposition — /foh toh kom peuh zish euhn/, n. Print. any method of composition using photography, as composition by means of a photocomposer. Also called phototypesetting, phototypography. [1925 30; PHOTO + COMPOSITION] * * * ▪ printing also called… …
115photoconductivity — /foh toh kon duk tiv i tee/, n. Physics. the increase in the electrical conductivity of a substance, often nonmetallic, caused by the absorption of electromagnetic radiation. [1925 30; PHOTO + CONDUCTIVITY] * * * ▪ physics the increase in… …
116photocopier — /foh teuh kop ee euhr/, n. any electrically operated machine using a photographic method, as the electrostatic process, for making instant copies of written, drawn, or printed material. Also called copier, copy machine, photocopying machine.… …
117photocopy — /foh teuh kop ee/, n., pl. photocopies, v., photocopied, photocopying. n. 1. a photographic reproduction of a document, print, or the like. v.t. 2. to reproduce (a document, print, or the like) photographically. [1920 25; PHOTO + COPY] * * * …
118photocurrent — /foh toh kerr euhnt, kur /, n. Physics. an electric current produced by a photoelectric effect. Also called photoelectric current. [1910 15; PHOTO + CURRENT] * * * …
119photodecomposition — /foh toh dee kom peuh zish euhn/, n. Chem. the breaking down of molecules by radiant energy. [1885 90; PHOTO + DECOMPOSITION] * * * …
120photodegradable — /foh toh di gray deuh beuhl/, adj. (of a substance) capable of being broken down by light. [1970 75; PHOTO + DEGRADABLE] * * * …
