单词 | electrophotography |
释义 | electrophotographyn. 1. Photography with the aid of electricity or electric light. Now disused.The term does not occur in the source cited in quot. 1901. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > [noun] > scientific and technical astrophotography1857 photoheliography1865 electrophotography1869 photo-mapping1870 photogrammetry1875 phototopography1893 spectrography1900 stereophotogrammetry1913 photoreconnaissance1920 photo-recce1946 electronography1955 1869 G. Dodd Dict. Manuf. 278/2 Photo-lithography. This, and photo-galvanography, photo-zincography, electro-photography, &c., are names given to new processes in which photography draws the picture, and some of the various kinds of engraving fix it on a plate. 1894 E. L. Wilson Cycl. Photogr. 138/1 Electro-photography, the production of photographs by means of electricity, or electric light. 1901 Appletons' Ann. Cycl. 1900 575/2 Electro-photography.—Nipher (Electrical Review, Aug. 10 ), after exposing a photographic plate to the light of an ordinary room for several days, places it on a glass plate covering a metal plate that is connected to one electrode of an influence machine. 2. The production of images on paper by electrostatic means; = xerography n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [noun] > copying apparatus > photocopier > act of using photostatting1929 electrophotography1944 xerography1948 xerocopying1964 photocopying1968 xeroxing1973 1944 Electronic Engin. 17 145/2 (title) Electro~photography..a new system of producing photographic prints by electronic action. 1965 Econ. Hist. Rev 17 596 This volume..is the first manuscript record publication to be put out in this country by electrophotography, through which documents can be successfully reproduced onto the page without recourse to transcription or type-setting. 1982 Science 12 Feb. 757/3 Another nonimpact technology is laser electrophotography—a sophisticated form of xerography. 2001 V. Meliciano Technol., Trade, & Growth OECD Countries v. 87 Electrophotography, Telephonic Communications, Semiconductors, and Active Solid-State Devices, all have more than 1,000 patents at the beginning of the period. Derivatives eˌlectrophotoˈgraphic adj. ΚΠ 1887 E. Muybridge (title) Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements. Prospectus and catalogue of plates. 1893 Manufacturer & Builder Aug. 186/1 He concluded to establish an electro-photographic gallery in Regent street. 1966 Technol. & Culture 7 239 Baier does not discuss the non-silver processes... Carlson's electrophotographic system (Xerography) is not mentioned. 2003 M. Kraak & F. Ormeling Cartography (ed. 2) viii. 149/2 Laser printers work by an electro-photographic process, mostly in black and white. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1869 |
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