Phot

//fəʊt// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous flux through an area (symbol ph).
  2. 2
    a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter; 10,000 phots equal 1 lux wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    to photograph informal

    "They said no, so I climbed off a bridge and spent the rest of the day photting and cab-riding around BHP without permission."

Example

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"They said no, so I climbed off a bridge and spent the rest of the day photting and cab-riding around BHP without permission."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Coined by André Blondel in 1921. See photo-.

Etymology 2

Clipping of photograph.

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