Meanings
nounchronophotography (uncountable)
- uncountableartsAn antique photographic technique from the Victorian era which captures movement in several frames of print.
And since he studies 19th-century chronophotography — sometimes called precinema or pre-cinematography — for his day job as a professor of animation at London Metropolitan University, he knew where (and when) to begin looking for model machinery.
2008 May 21, Melena Ryzik, “Telescope Takes a Long View, to London”, in New York Times
Origin
- Ancient Greekχρόνος (khrónos)
- Englishchrono-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Frenchphotographie
- Englishphotography
- Englishchronophotography
From chrono- + photography.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French chronophotographie
- chronophotographiephotographic technique which captures movement in several frames
Portuguese cronofotografia
- cronofotografiaphotographic technique which captures movement in several frames
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with chronophotography
photographybiographygeographybibliographypornographyfilmographydiscographyautobiographychromatographycryptographytopographyradiographytomographyoceanographytypographychoreographymammographycinematographyvideographycartographydemographyangiographylithographycrystallography
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Cite this entry
APA
chronophotography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronophotography
MLA
“chronophotography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronophotography. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chronophotography,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronophotography.
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