Meanings
nounelectrophotography (uncountable)
- uncountableany of several methods of photocopying in which an image is created and then transferred between surfaces using static electricity
Origin
- Frenchélectro-
- Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
- Latinēlectrum
- Latinelectro-
- Englishelectro-
- 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
- Englishelectrophotography
From electro- + photography.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish elektrofotografia
- elektrofotografiaany of several methods of photocopying using static electricity
Indonesian elektrofotografi
- elektrofotografiany of several methods of photocopying using static electricity
Irish leictreafótagrafaíocht
- leictreafótagrafaíochtany of several methods of photocopying using static electricity
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with electrophotography
photographybiographygeographybibliographypornographyfilmographydiscographyautobiographychromatographycryptographytopographyradiographytomographyoceanographytypographychoreographymammographycinematographyvideographycartographydemographyangiographylithographycrystallography
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
electrophotography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrophotography
MLA
“electrophotography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrophotography. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electrophotography,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrophotography.
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