Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photovisual

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pho-to-vi-su-al
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the magnitude of a star as measured by the size of its image on an isochromatic photographic emulsion.

adj

Of certain achromatic lenses, having the same focus for the actinic and for the brightest of the visual rays.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English visual English photovisual From photo- + visual.

Questions

What does photovisual mean?: Relating to the magnitude of a star as measured by the size of its image on an isochromatic photographic emulsion.
Where does photovisual come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English visual English photovisual From photo- + visual.

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