photogenic
[foh-tuh-jen-ik]
- forming an attractive subject for photography or having features that look well in a photograph: a photogenic face.
- Biology. producing or emitting light, as certain bacteria; luminiferous; phosphorescent.
- Medicine/Medical. produced or caused by light, as a skin condition.
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Origin of photogenic
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attractive, captivating, glamorous, magnetic, mesmeric, eye-catching, pretty, alluring, fetching, beautifulExamples from the Web for photogenic
Contemporary Examples
Mainstream gays want Pride parades to play well in Peoria, with large corporate floats and photogenic participants.
The typically fresh-faced, photogenic 31-year-old actor is sporting a bushy, unkempt, downright Biblical-looking beard.
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September 10, 2014
Outside the walls, and seeping down nearby streets, are dozens of photogenic and thought-provoking visions.
But even setting aside such outrageous rhetoric, abortion and contraception are just not as photogenic as weddings at City Hall.
But it's so photogenic that I think that that plays a much bigger part in it probably than any of the actors.
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Historical Examples
The photogenic cells contain a mass of granules, spherical in the male and short rods in the female.
The Nature of Animal LightE. Newton Harvey
Each group of photogenic cells is surrounded by a clear ectoplasm containing no granules.
The Nature of Animal LightE. Newton Harvey
It is difficult to determine if the nerves supply the tracheal end cells or the photogenic cells.
The Nature of Animal LightE. Newton Harvey
We see then, that air (oxygen), water, and some photogenic substance are necessary for the light production.
The Nature of Animal LightE. Newton Harvey
I should also be glad to know by whom it was first applied to photogenic purposes.
photogenic
- (esp of a person) having features, colouring, and a general facial appearance that look attractive in photographs
- biology producing or emitting lightphotogenic bacteria
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Word Origin and History for photogenic
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photogenic
(fō′tə-jĕn′ĭk)- Producing or emitting light; phosphorescent.
- Caused or produced by light, as a seizure.
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