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cyclegraph

cyclegraph noun: a photograph produced by attaching tiny lights to a moving person or object and using a long exposure to see the path of movement.

Noun

cyclegraph (plural cyclegraphs)

  1. A photograph produced by attaching tiny lights to a moving person or object and using a long exposure to see the path of movement.
    • But this cyclegraph of Barnes, made by Frank B. Gilbreth for Walter Camp and Golf Illustrated, disproves the maxim utterly.1920 January, Walter Bannard, “Charting a Champion”, in Popular Science, volume 96, number 1
    • A cyclegraph is able to show all three aspects, i.e. workers, workplace layout and the path of movements; however, if fails to indicate about the direction and speed of movement.2018, Lakhwinder Pal Singh, Work Study and Ergonomics, page 44

Forms of cyclegraph

pluralcyclegraphs

Origin of cyclegraph

Coined by Frank B. Gilbreth as cyle + graph to highlight the repetitive and cyclical nature of the work processes he was photographing.

Words formed from cyclegraph

Questions about cyclegraph

What does cyclegraph mean?
Cyclegraph means a photograph produced by attaching tiny lights to a moving person or object and using a long exposure to see the path of movement.
What part of speech is cyclegraph?
Cyclegraph is a noun.
What is the plural of cyclegraph?
The plural of cyclegraph is cyclegraphs.

Words near cyclegraph in the dictionary

  1. cycled
  2. cycled off
  3. cycledom
  4. cyclegaine
  5. cyclegaines
  6. cyclegraph
  7. cyclegraphs
  8. cycleless
  9. cycleman
  10. cyclen
  11. cyclene

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