Meanings
nounmicrophotography (uncountable)
- uncountableThe field of study of creating microphotographs, of photographing very small items or areas.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
- Englishmicro-
- 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
- Englishmicrophotography
From micro- + photography.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French microphotographie
- microphotographiefield of study
Irish micreafótagrafaíocht
- micreafótagrafaíochtfield of study
Italian microfotografia
- microfotografiafield of study
Tagalog miklarawanan
- miklarawananfield of study
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with microphotography
photographybiographygeographybibliographypornographyfilmographydiscographyautobiographychromatographycryptographytopographyradiographytomographyoceanographytypographychoreographymammographycinematographyvideographycartographydemographyangiographylithographycrystallography
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
microphotography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microphotography
MLA
“microphotography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microphotography. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microphotography,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microphotography.
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