chronophotography en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos)bor. English chrono- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) French photographiebor. English photography English chronophotography From chrono- + photography.
Meanings
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(uncountable) An antique photographic technique from the Victorian era which captures movement in several frames of print.
And since he studies 19th-century chronophotography — sometimes called precinema or pre-cinematography — for his day job as a professor of animation at London Metropolitan University, he knew where (and when) to begin looking for model machinery.
2008 May 21, Melena Ryzik, “Telescope Takes a Long View, to London”, in New York Times:
Translations (2)
fr chronophotographie (photographic technique which captures movement in several frames) · pt cronofotografia (photographic technique which captures movement in several frames)