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单词 phantasmatography
释义

phantasmatographyn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ϕαντάσματα , ϕάντασμα , -ography comb. form.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕαντάσματα phenomena, plural of ϕάντασμα apparition, vision (see phantasm n.) + -ography comb. form. Compare phantasmography n.
Obsolete. rare.
The study of luminous atmospheric phenomena, such as rainbows, parhelia, etc.; a treatise on this subject.
ΚΠ
1735 B. Martin Philos. Gram. iii. iv. 173 (heading) Phantasmatography, or a philosophical Account of the celestial Apparitions, viz. the Rain-bow, Halos, Parheliums, Paraselenes, &c.
1867 Times 19 Mar. 1/4 Exhibitions for the people... Russian phantasmatography, Polish Agioskopji, and Chinese chromotropes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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