optography

English

Etymology

From opto- +‎ -graphy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

optography (uncountable)

1. The production of an optogram on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple; the fixation of an image in the eye.

Derived terms

• optographic

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “optography”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Translations

the production of an optogram on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple; the fixation of an image in the eye

• Dutch: optografie f
• Esperanto: optografio
• German: Optographie f
• Italian: optografia f
• Spanish: optografía f

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