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triptography

triptography noun: a surrealist photographic technique whereby a roll of film is used three times (by one or more photographers), resulting in a triple exposure with no clear subject.

Noun

triptography (uncountable)

  1. A surrealist photographic technique whereby a roll of film is used three times (by one or more photographers), resulting in a triple exposure with no clear subject.

Origin of triptography

From tri- or triple and photography.

Questions about triptography

What does triptography mean?
Triptography means a surrealist photographic technique whereby a roll of film is used three times (by one or more photographers), resulting in a triple exposure with no clear subject.
What part of speech is triptography?
Triptography is a noun.

Words near triptography in the dictionary

  1. tripterygiid
  2. tripterygiids
  3. Tripti
  4. triptich
  5. triptichs
  6. triptography
  7. Triptolemus
  8. triptolide
  9. tripton
  10. triptonide
  11. triptons

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