polyfoto

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noun

One of a series of 48 photographs (similar to photo booth photos) taken using a Polyfoto camera, which used a single glass plate negative, the operator turning a handle on the side to take each exposure and also move the plate.

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Meanings

nounpolyfoto (plural polyfotos)

plural polyfotos

  1. UKobsoleteartsOne of a series of 48 photographs (similar to photo booth photos) taken using a Polyfoto camera, which used a single glass plate negative, the operator turning a handle on the side to take each exposure and also move the plate.
verbpolyfoto (third-person singular simple present polyfotos, present participle polyfotoing, simple past and past participle polyfotoed)

present singular third person polyfotos · participle present polyfotoing · participle past polyfotoed · past polyfotoed

  1. UKobsoleteartsTo take such a series of photographs.

Origin

Originally Polyfoto (“a commercial venture”), from poly- and photo.

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APA

polyfoto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polyfoto

MLA

“polyfoto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polyfoto. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polyfoto,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polyfoto.

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