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An electrometer registering by photography.

An electrotype plate formed in a mold made by photographing on prepared gelatine, etc.

To engrave by a photomechanical process; to make a photo- engraving of. -- Pho`to-en*grav"er (#), n.

The process of obtaining an etched or engraved plate from the photographic image, to be used in printing; also, a picture produced by such a process.

A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light. Encyc. Brit.

To engrave, or make an engraving of, by any photomechanical process involving etching of the plate.

A photo-engraving produced by any process involving the etching of the plate.

A combining form from Gr. fyto`n a plant; as, phytochemistry, phytography.

A combining form from Gr. wind, air, breath, respiration; as, pneumatograph, pneumatology.

A combining form prefix signifying first, primary, primordial; as, protomartyr, the first martyr; protomorphic, primitive in form; protoplast, a primordial organism; prototype, protozoan.

Pertaining to, or designating, architecture, in which the beginnings of the Doric style are supposed to be found.

A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the rectum; as, recto-vesical.

Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the uterus.

Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the bladder.

Causing secretion; -- said of nerves which go to glands and influence secretion.

Combining forms from Gr. seed, sperm, semen (of plants or animals); as, spermatoblast, spermoblast.

An alto-stratus cloud.

Large balls or rolls of dark cloud which frequently cover the whole sky, esp. in winter, and give it at times an undulated appearance.

used adjectively) denoting a sulphate as an ingredient in certain double salts; as, sulphato-carbonate. [R.]

A workingmen's resort conducted under religious influences as a counteractant to the drinking saloon. [Colloq. or Cant]