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rayograph

rayograph noun: a photogram of the kind produced by Man Ray.

Noun

rayograph (plural rayographs)

  1. A photogram of the kind produced by Man Ray.
    • Man Ray developed a similar procedure for photography — montage and suggested the working of the unconscious mind by dropping objects randomly onto a light-sensitive surface in his rayograph process.2000, Lynn Gamwell, Dreams 1900-2000: Science, Art, and the Unconscious Mind
    • The artist constructed this rayograph by placing disparate objects — a notched collar and a strip of folded paper — on photographic paper.2004, Barbara Beth Zabel, Assembling Art: The Machine and the American Avant-Garde

Forms of rayograph

pluralrayographs

Origin of rayograph

From Ray + -o- + -graph, coined by Man Ray (1890–1976), American modernist artist, based on his own name.

Questions about rayograph

What does rayograph mean?
Rayograph means a photogram of the kind produced by Man Ray.
What part of speech is rayograph?
Rayograph is a noun.
What is the plural of rayograph?
The plural of rayograph is rayographs.

Words near rayograph in the dictionary

  1. Raynors
  2. Raynott
  3. Raynsford
  4. Rayo
  5. Rayo's number
  6. rayograph
  7. rayographs
  8. rayon
  9. rayoned
  10. Rayong
  11. Rayonism

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