Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reflectography

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-flec-tog-ra-phy
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting and thus determine whether it is an original.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"IF a picture is worth the proverbial thousand words, taking a peek under the paint using infrared reflectography surely adds a few thousand more — especially when it comes to a work as detailed as the enormous 15th-century altarpiece from the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Ascension in Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain."

Etymology

From reflect + -o- + -graphy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: reflect
Suffix: -o-

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

reflectographic

Rhymes With

explornography chalypsography polynomiography hygrography videomicrography fictography photothermography xenography zymography ecogeography planetography antipornography

Questions

What does reflectography mean?: An infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting and thus determine whether it is an original.
Where does reflectography come from?: From reflect + -o- + -graphy.

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