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phot.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. photograph.

  2. photographer.

  3. photographic.

  4. photography.

phot- 2 American  

  1. variant of photo- before a vowel.

    photalgia.
phot 3 American  
[fot, foht] / fɒt, foʊt /

noun

Optics.

  1. a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. ph

phot British  
/ fəʊt, fɒt /

noun

  1. a unit of illumination equal to one lumen per square centimetre. 1 phot is equal to 10 000 lux

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Etymology

Origin of phot

1915–20; < Greek phōt-, stem of phôs (contraction of pháos ) light

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"Central News" phot.Fish from the Enemy, Here is one of the enclosures to Birdwood's memo.:—

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