stereography
- noun
- /ˌstɛrɪˈɒɡrəfi/
- Specialized
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estereografía
- "Holographic stereography has been capable of providing excellent resolution and depth reproduction on large-scale 3D static images," the authors wrote, "but has been missing dynamic updating capability until now."
Examples
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I became involved in stereography in 1975, and people have been my favorite subjects from the start.
Academic text (1998) -
"As a medium," Earle has written, "stereography allowed the viewer to participate in the visible effects of the age's political and economic conquests" (Earle 1979:19).
Academic text (2007) -
That's what cornered me into stereography.
Academic text (1993) -
Because of the conventions of stereography, medium- and longer-range images predominate.
Academic text (2007) -
A 3-hour Stereo Spectacular, with several intermissions, will include "Stereography -- A Fresher Portrayal" by Susan Pinsky & David Starkman, APSAs.
Academic text (2001) -
The artist specializes in stereography, creating stunning three-dimensional representations of natural landscapes.
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In film and photography, stereography enhances the viewing experience by adding depth to flat images.
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At the exhibit, we learned that stereography involves techniques that allow viewers to perceive depth and dimension.
Synonyms
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A flat drawing that shows an object from one view
A method that makes pictures look three-dimensional by giving each eye a slightly different view
A way of taking pictures that makes them look three dimensional using two slightly different photos
A way of taking photos that show depth by using two slightly different pictures seen together
Photographs made as two slightly different pictures that show depth when viewed together
A way of looking at small things through a microscope so you can see their shape and depth
How Three-Dimensional
Surface Forms
Morphology
stereography = stereograph (semi-transparent) = stereo + graph + y
The base word and affixes are recognizable, but the specialized technical meaning of a 3D-imaging technique is only partly predictable from them.
Etymology
The word stereography comes from stereo- meaning 'solid' or 'three-dimensional' and -graphy meaning 'writing' or 'drawing', like in photography. So, stereography is the process of making or recording images that look three-dimensional.