Meanings
nounphototopography (uncountable)
- uncountableThe surveying and mapping of a terrain based solely on terrestrial photographs.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Englishtopography
- Englishphototopography
From photo- + topography.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with phototopography
photographybiographygeographybibliographypornographyfilmographydiscographyautobiographychromatographycryptographytopographyradiographytomographyoceanographytypographychoreographymammographycinematographyvideographycartographydemographyangiographylithographycrystallography
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
phototopography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phototopography
MLA
“phototopography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phototopography. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phototopography,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phototopography.
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