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air photo

air photo is the abbreviation of aerial photograph.

air photo is the abbreviation of aerial photography.

Meaning of aerial photograph

Noun

aerial photograph (plural aerial photographs)

  1. A photograph taken from an aircraft, or by a drone remotely controlled from the ground.
    • ■ An aerial photograph - NR [Network Rail] now has its entire network photographed from the air.2021 November 17, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Salisbury: a media own goal”, in RAIL, number 944, page 3

Meaning of aerial photography

Noun

aerial photography (uncountable)

  1. The activity or technique of photographing the surface of the Earth from an aircraft, rocket, etc.
  2. Photographs taken by this means, collectively.

Forms of air photo

pluralair photos
alternative formair-photo
alternative formairphoto

Questions about air photo

What is air photo the abbreviation of?
Air photo is the abbreviation of aerial photograph.

Words near air photo in the dictionary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: air photo (page history and authors); aerial photograph (page history and authors); aerial photography (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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