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photochopping

photochopping is the present participle and gerund of photochop.

Meaning of photochop

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

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)

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Questions about photochopping

What is photochopping the present participle and gerund of?
Photochopping is the present participle and gerund of photochop.

Words near photochopping in the dictionary

  1. photocholesterol
  2. photochop
  3. photochopped
  4. photochopper
  5. photochoppers
  6. photochopping
  7. photochops
  8. photochrom
  9. photochromatic
  10. photochromatography
  11. photochrome

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