Etymology

cyclegraph

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Today it means: A photograph produced by attaching tiny lights to a moving person or object and using a long exposure to see the path of movement. Full definition →

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The story

Coined by Frank B. Gilbreth as cyle + graph to highlight the repetitive and cyclical nature of the work processes he was photographing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.