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• phot
  phot

  noun

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

  variant of photo- before a vowel.
• phot.
  phot.

  abbreviation

  photograph.

phot

¹ American  

[fot, foht] / fɒt, foʊt /

noun

Optics.

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

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phot- ² American  

1. variant of photo- before a vowel.

   photalgia.

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phot. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. photograph.

2. photographer.

3. photographic.

4. photography.

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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