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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of taking and printing photographs [syn: photography, picture taking]
2: the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces
3: the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1839 the art or process of producing images by the action of radiant energy and especially light on a sensitive surface (as film or a CCD chip)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the taking and processing of photographs.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Photography Pho*tog"ra*phy, n. [Photo- + -graphy: cf. F. photographie.] 1. The science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like. 2. The art or process of producing pictures by this action of light. Note: The well-focused optical image is thrown on a surface of metal, glass, paper, or other suitable substance, coated with collodion or gelatin, and sensitized with the chlorides, bromides, or iodides of silver, or other salts sensitive to light. The exposed plate is then treated with reducing agents, as pyrogallic acid, ferrous sulphate, etc., to develop the latent image. The image is then fixed by washing off the excess of unchanged sensitive salt with sodium hyposulphite (thiosulphate) or other suitable reagents.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Photography is the skill, job, or process of producing photographs. Photography is one of her hobbies. ...some of the top names in fashion photography.

Moby Thesaurus

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