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physiognotrace

physiognotrace noun: a device to facilitate the production of faithful profiles of human faces.

Noun

physiognotrace (plural physiognotraces)

  1. (historical) A device to facilitate the production of faithful profiles of human faces.
    • The history of the physiognotrace is addressed in several French articles and books.1994, Ellen Gross Miles with Dru Dowdy, Saint-Mémin and the neoclassical profile portrait in America
    • Public enthusiasm for the physiognotrace turned in part upon the machine's ease, speed, and low expense.2004, Lisa Gitelman with Geoffrey B. Pingree, New Media, 1740-1915, page 36

Forms of physiognotrace

pluralphysiognotraces

Origin of physiognotrace

From physiognomy and trace.

Questions about physiognotrace

What does physiognotrace mean?
Physiognotrace means a device to facilitate the production of faithful profiles of human faces.
What part of speech is physiognotrace?
Physiognotrace is a noun.
What is the plural of physiognotrace?
The plural of physiognotrace is physiognotraces.

Words near physiognotrace in the dictionary

  1. physiognomonic
  2. physiognomonical
  3. physiognomonics
  4. physiognomy
  5. physiognosis
  6. physiognotrace
  7. physiognotraces
  8. physiogony
  9. physiograph
  10. physiographer
  11. physiographers

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