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PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Equipment used by a photographer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("photographic equipment" is a kind of...):
equipment (an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service)
Meronyms (parts of "photographic equipment"):
flood; flood lamp; floodlight; photoflood (light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "photographic equipment"):
camera; photographic camera (equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other))
clapperboard (photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together)
developer (photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for developing film)
enlarger (photographic equipment consisting of an optical projector used to enlarge a photograph)
flash; flash bulb; flash lamp; flashbulb; flashgun; photoflash (a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph)
exposure meter; light meter; photometer (photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light)
photographic material; photographic paper (light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed)
sensitometer (a measuring instrument for measuring the light sensitivity of film over a range of exposures)
