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photovisual

photovisual adjective: relating to the magnitude of a star as measured by the size of its image on an isochromatic photographic emulsion.

Adjective

photovisual (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the magnitude of a star as measured by the size of its image on an isochromatic photographic emulsion.
  2. Of certain achromatic lenses, having the same focus for the actinic and for the brightest of the visual rays.

Origin of photovisual

From photo- + visual.

Questions about photovisual

What does photovisual mean?
Photovisual means relating to the magnitude of a star as measured by the size of its image on an isochromatic photographic emulsion.
What part of speech is photovisual?
Photovisual is an adjective.

Words near photovisual in the dictionary

  1. photouptake
  2. photovaristor
  3. photovaristors
  4. photovirucidal
  5. photoviscoelasticity
  6. photovisual
  7. photovoice
  8. photovoices
  9. photovoltachromic
  10. photovoltage
  11. photovoltages

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