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photogram
[ foh-tuh-gram ]
noun
- a silhouette photograph made by placing an object directly on sensitized paper and exposing it to light.
photogram
/ ˈfəʊtəˌɡræm /
noun
- a picture, usually abstract, produced on a photographic material without the use of a camera, as by placing an object on the material and exposing to light
- obsolete.a photograph, often of the more artistic kind rather than a mechanical record
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Word History and Origins
Origin of photogram1
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Example Sentences
No words nor paintings, not even the photogram itself, can reproduce one tithe of the grandeur here enthroned.
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For working with a brush upon the photogram, the materials are simple and few.
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The print thus made, when mounted on card, is as far as an ordinary photogram can go for this purpose.
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In the same way the original photogram can be used with a piece of blue carbon paper instead of chalking the back of the print.
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Should it be desired to restore the bleached photogram, it can be done by immersing in a weak solution of soda hyposulphite.
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