Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PHO-TO-GEN'IC
PHO'TI-ZITEPHO-TO-GRAPH'IC, or PHO-TO-GRAPH'IC-AL
PHO-TO-GEN'IC, a. [Gr. φως, φωτος, light, and γενναω, to generate.]
Producing light, or converting black into white. The word is applied to the drawing or taking of a picture by means of the action of the sun's rays on a chemically prepared ground.
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