grapho-, graph-, -graph, -graphy, -grapher, -graphia +
(Greek: to scratch; to write, to record, to draw, to describe; that which is written or described)
As indicated at the bottom of this page, there are at least 1,140 graphic word groups in this unit. Such an extensive listing is provided to show how significant the grapho- element is to the English language.
photograph
The process of producing images of objects upon a photosensitive surface (such as film) by the chemical action of light or other radiant energy.
Literally, “writing with light”.
photographer
Someone who takes photographs.
photographic
1. Relating to, used in, or produced by photography.
2. As accurate and detailed as a photograph.
photography
1. The art, hobby, or profession of taking photographs, and developing and printing the film or processing the digitized array image.
2. The process or art of producing pictures by means of the chemical action of light on a sensitive film on a basis of paper, glass, metal, etc.; the business of producing and printing such pictures.
3. Literal meaning: "writing with light".
photoheliography
The art or process of taking photographs of the sun.
photokymograph
A device for moving film at a constant speed so that a continuous record of a physiologic event may be obtained, as by a beam of light shining on the film.
photolithography
The art or process of producing, by photography, designs upon lithographic stone (or a similar substance), from which prints may be taken as in ordinary lithography; especially, a planographic printing process using plates prepared from photographic negatives, usually printed by offset methods.
photomacrography
1. A technique for investigating and recording conditions and procedures involving small objects that ordinarily would be inspected through a loupe rather than a microscope.
2. Close-up photography at a limiting magnification of 40 times, or in that zone.
photomicrograph
A photograph taken through a microscope.
photomicrography
1. The art of obtaining photographs of microscopic objects on a magnified scale.
2. An enlarged photograph of an object viewed with a microscope, as distinguished from a microphotograph.
photonephography
The process of taking a succession of simultaneous photographs of a cloud from two points at some distance apart, in order to ascertain the height and movement of the cloud.
photonymograph
An instrument used in map production for producing printed names photographically.
photosensor oculography
Oculography in which photocells are directed to the surface of the eye to record rotations.
photo-xylography
A process of employing photography in the preparation of wood blocks for printing.
phraseograph
1. A phrase that is, or can be, represented by a symbol, usually in shorthand.
2. A phrase represented by a phraseogram or a symbol; such as, one used in shorthand, that designates a particular phrase.
Related "writing" word units:
glypto-;
gram-;
scrib-, script-.
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