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Same as Photoglyphic.

A photograph. [R.]

A phototheodolite, or a camera designed for use in photogrammetry. --Pho`to*gram*met"ric (#), Pho`to*gram*met"ric*al (#), a.

A method of surveying or map making by photography, used also in determining the height and motions of clouds, sea waves, and the like.

A picture or likeness obtained by photography.

One who practices, or is skilled in, photography.

Of or pertaining to photography; obtained by photography; used ib photography; as a photographic picture; a photographic camera. -- Pho`to*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. Photographic printing, the process of obtaining pictures, as on chemically prepared paper, from photographic negatives, by exposure to light.…

A photographer.

An instrument for determining the sensibility of the plates employed in photographic processes to luminous rays.

A device, consisting essentially of an electric arc and a camera, by which a series of photographs of the variations of the arc due to sound waves are obtained for reproduction by means of a selenium cell and a telephone.

The science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like.

A photoengraving; also, the process by which such a picture is produced.

The doctrine of the generation of plants.

Of or pertaining to phytogeography.

The geographical distribution of plants.

Relating to phytoglyphy.

See Nature printing, under Nature.

Of or pertaining to phytography.

The science of describing plants in a systematic manner; also, a description of plants.

A picture or hieroglyph representing and expressing an idea. -- Pic`to*graph"ic, a.