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femtophotography

femtophotography noun: a method of photography using sub-picosecond pulses of light (usually around 10⁻¹³ seconds, or 100 femtoseconds, long) to illuminate the subject of the photograph, allowing the propagation of the light pulse to be viewed directly.

Noun

femtophotography (uncountable)

  1. A method of photography using sub-picosecond pulses of light (usually around 10⁻¹³ seconds, or 100 femtoseconds, long) to illuminate the subject of the photograph, allowing the propagation of the light pulse to be viewed directly.

Forms of femtophotography

alternative formfemto-photography

Origin of femtophotography

From femto- + photography, from the ~100-femtosecond-long pulses of light used.

Questions about femtophotography

What does femtophotography mean?
Femtophotography means a method of photography using sub-picosecond pulses of light (usually around 10⁻¹³ seconds, or 100 femtoseconds, long) to illuminate the subject of the photograph, allowing the propagation of the light pulse to be viewed directly.
What part of speech is femtophotography?
Femtophotography is a noun.

Words near femtophotography in the dictionary

  1. femtomolar
  2. femtomole
  3. femtomoles
  4. femtonewton
  5. femtonewtons
  6. femtophotography
  7. femtopipette
  8. femtopipettes
  9. femtoplankton
  10. femtoplanktons
  11. femtoradian

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