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phot

Pronunciation: (fot, fōt), [key]
—n. Optics.
a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbr.: ph

var. of photo- before a vowel: photalgia.

1. photograph.
2. photographer.
3. photographic.
4. photography.

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