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photofinish

photofinish is the alternative form of photo finish.

Meaning of photo finish

Noun

photo finish (plural photo finishes)

  1. The finish of a race in which the leaders are so close together that the winner cannot be identified using the naked eye but is determined by means of a photograph.
  2. (broadly) A very close outcome of any competition.

Forms of photofinish

pluralphotofinishes

Questions about photofinish

What is photofinish the alternative form of?
Photofinish is the alternative form of photo finish.

Words near photofinish in the dictionary

  1. photoferrotrophs
  2. photoferrotrophy
  3. photofield
  4. photofilm
  5. photofilms
  6. photofinish
  7. photofinisher
  8. photofinishers
  9. photofinishes
  10. photofinishing
  11. photofission

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Adapted from Wiktionary: photofinish (page history and authors); photo finish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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