PHOTOCHROMY
\fˌə͡ʊtə͡ʊkɹˈə͡ʊmi], \fˌəʊtəʊkɹˈəʊmi], \f_ˌəʊ_t_əʊ_k_ɹ_ˈəʊ_m_i]\
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By Noah Webster.
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f[=o]'t[=o]-kr[=o]-mi, n. the art of reproducing colours by photography.--adj. PHOTOCHROMAT'IC.--n. PHOTOCHR[=O]'MOTYPE, a photo-process picture printed in colours by any of the ordinary methods of typography in colours. [Gr. ph[=o]s, ph[=o]tos, light, chr[=o]ma, colour.]
By Thomas Davidson
Word of the day
Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.