optography
optography noun: the production of an optogram on the retina by the photochemical action of light on rhodopsin, which is seen as the fixation of an image in the eye.
Noun
optography (uncountable)
Origin of optography
From opto- + -graphy.
Words formed from optography
- optographic
Words that rhyme with optography
- geography
- choreography
- orthography
- topography
- chirography
- hagiography
- heliography
- phonography
- semiography
- acrography
- autography
- bibliography
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- cacography
- chromography
- demography
- discography
- iconography
- isography
- logography
- ludography
- metallography
- micrography
- paleography
- pantography
- pornography
- scenography
- typography
- videography
- aerography
- archaeography
- arteriography
- arthrography
- autobiography
- autohagiography
- biogeography
- biography
- cartography
- cerography
- chronography
- cinematography
- cosmography
- crystallography
- dactylography
- demonography
- dittography
- electrography
- enterography
- ethnography
- etymography
- exogeography
- fluorography
- galvanography
- glossography
- heterography
- historiography
- homography
- horologiography
- ichnography
- laryngography
- mechanography
Questions about optography
- What does optography mean?
- Optography means the production of an optogram on the retina by the photochemical action of light on rhodopsin, which is seen as the fixation of an image in the eye.
- What part of speech is optography?
- Optography is a noun.
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