alphaphotographics

noun

A display made up of text characters combined with high-resolution photographic images (proposed as a future form of videotex).

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Meanings

nounalphaphotographics (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA display made up of text characters combined with high-resolution photographic images (proposed as a future form of videotex).

    Photographic quality or alphaphotographics have arrived, and interaction with videodiscs and video images represent a next level. But it is a question of feasibility rather than technological breakthroughs.

    1987, Jerome Aumente, New electronic pathways: videotex, teletext, and online databases

Origin

From alphabetical and photographic, perhaps modelled on alphanumerics or similar.

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alphaphotographics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alphaphotographics

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