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photocompose

[ foh-toh-kuhm-pohz ]
/ ˌfoʊ toʊ kəmˈpoʊz /
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verb (used with object), pho·to·com·posed, pho·to·com·pos·ing.
to set (type) on a photocomposer.
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Also photoset.

Origin of photocompose

First recorded in 1925–30; photo- + compose

Words nearby photocompose

photochemistry, photochromic, photochromy, photochronograph, photocoagulation, photocompose, photocomposer, photocomposition, photoconduction, photoconductive, photoconductive cell
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British Dictionary definitions for photocompose

photocompose
/ (ˌfəʊtəʊkəmˈpəʊz) /
verb
(tr) to set (type matter) by photocomposition

Derived forms of photocompose

photocomposer, noun
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