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photochop

photochop verb: to convert, by chopping, a DC (or slowly varying AC) input signal into a higher frequency signal.

Verb (1)

photochop (third-person singular simple present photochops, present participle photochopping, simple past and past participle photochopped)

  1. (transitive) To convert, by chopping, a DC (or slowly varying AC) input signal into a higher frequency signal.
    • This d-c signal is then photochopped in a solid-state oscillation circuit and the resulting a-c signal amplified.1963, Instrumentation Technology - Volume 10, Issues 1-6, page 15
    • Models 2030 and 2031 provided with photochopped voltage pulse and DC voltage signals, respectively.1990, Narendra S. Goel, John M. Norman, Instrumentation for Studying Vegetation Canopies for Remote Sensing in Optical and Thermal Infrared Regions, →ISBN

Verb (2)

photochop (third-person singular simple present photochops, present participle photochopping, simple past and past participle photochopped)

  1. (informal, transitive) To digitally alter (an image), especially sloppily or badly; to photoshop.
    • lame. at least do a better job of photochopping.2008 May 19, zcar...@yahoo.com, “Re: Great picture of Federer”, in rec.sport.tennis (Usenet)
    • Are you going to claim the Franciscan Friars photochopped their own photo for their own website?2008 October 18, David Moss, “Re: Ordog apologises for Islamic death penalty for people changing their religion”, in aus.politics (Usenet)

Noun

photochop (plural photochops)

  1. (informal) A digitally altered image, especially in a bad or sloppy way.
    • THIS IS NO JOKE - it is NOT a photochop.2004 June 30, Racefan_Dan, “Re: Reconfiguring Bus Stop at Spa”, in rec.autos.sport.f1 (Usenet)
    • And a pic of her yawning that was begging for a photochop.2011 March 17, Lesmond, “Re: Karrde in the House”, in alt.tv.american-idol (Usenet)

Forms of photochop

Verb
third-person singular presentphotochops
present participlephotochopping
past participlephotochopped
pastphotochopped
Noun
pluralphotochops

Origin of photochop

From photo- + chop.

Blend of photoshop + chop.

Questions about photochop

What does photochop mean?
Photochop means to convert, by chopping, a DC (or slowly varying AC) input signal into a higher frequency signal.
What part of speech is photochop?
Photochop can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of photochop?
The past tense of photochop is photochopped.

Words near photochop in the dictionary

  1. photochirogeneses
  2. photochirogenesis
  3. photochlorination
  4. photochlorinations
  5. photocholesterol
  6. photochop
  7. photochopped
  8. photochopper
  9. photochoppers
  10. photochopping
  11. photochops

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