˜yĐÄvlog

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-graphy

  1. a combining form denoting a process or form of drawing, writing, representing, recording, describing, etc., or an art or science concerned with such a process:

    biography; choreography; geography; orthography; photography.



-graphy

combining form

  1. indicating a form or process of writing, representing, etc

    photography

    calligraphy

  2. indicating an art or descriptive science

    choreography

    oceanography

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of -graphy1

< Greek -graphia. See -graph, -y 3
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of -graphy1

via Latin from Greek -graphia, from graphein to write
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“The word ‘photo’ or ‘photon’ means light and ‘graphy’ means writing,” he said.

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Chief among the novelties is Graphy, a component of the manual mode in LG’s camera app that will allow users to apply the same “style and mood” of a chosen professional photo to their own.

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Let me say straight out that if all military histories were as thrilling and well written as Robert Gaudi’s “African Kaiser,” I might give up reading fiction and literary bio­graphy.

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It’s not only his choreo­graphy that can get spiky.

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Contrary to the current trend in art photo­graphy, his pictures are printed small, sometimes no bigger than the size of a snapshot.

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