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photology rare.|fəʊˈtɒlədʒɪ|
[f. Gr. ϕῶς light, photo- 1 + -logy.]
The science of light; optics. Hence photoˈlogic, photoˈlogical adjs., pertaining to photology, optical; phoˈtologist, one versed in photology.
1828Webster, Photologic, Photological... Photology (citing Mitchill). 1833Herschel Absorption of Light in Fam. Lect. Sc. (1866) 477 The phœnomena of absorption..have always appeared to me to constitute a branch of photology sui generis. Ibid. 479 The question ‘What becomes of light?’ which appears to have been agitated among the photologists of the last century. a1866― Light in Ibid. 265 The painter should never forget that his notion of colour (as compared with that of the photologist) is a negative one. 1865All Year Round 11 Mar. 149/1 Photological phenomena are made known to us by..the sense of sight. |