Photoapparatus
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of camera (“device for making still pictures”).
"The glass industry uses oxides of rare-earth metals to finish glass; they are used to produce special types of colorless and stained glass (for example, for optical photoapparatus). Color television is a prospective new field for the use of europium and yttrium compounds."
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More examples"The glass industry uses oxides of rare-earth metals to finish glass; they are used to produce special types of colorless and stained glass (for example, for optical photoapparatus). Color television is a prospective new field for the use of europium and yttrium compounds."
Etymology
From photo- + apparatus, a calque of Czech and Slovak fotoaparát, German Photoapparat, Russian фотоаппара́т (fotoapparát), etc.
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