Meanings
nounstereophotography (uncountable)
- uncountableThe creation of stereophotographic images.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounphotography producing images that appear to have depth and solidness and that are created by using a special device (called a stereoscope) to look at two slightly different photographs of something at the same time.
Similar
stereoscopic photographystereo photography
Broader
photographypicture taking
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ster-
- Ancient Greekστερεός (stereós)
- Ancient Greekστερεο- (stereo-)
- Englishstereo-
- 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
- Englishstereophotography
From stereo- + photography.
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APA
stereophotography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stereophotography
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“stereophotography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stereophotography. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stereophotography,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stereophotography.
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