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Vocab week 1
phobia and photo suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hydrophobia | fear of water |
| Acrophobia | fear of heights |
| claustrophobia | fear of enclosed spaces |
| arachnophobia | fear of spiders |
| anthophobia | fear of flowers |
| cynophobia | fear of dogs |
| photophobia | fear of light |
| pyrophobia | fear of fire |
| phobophobia | fear of fear itself |
| zoophobia | fear of animals |
| photograph | an image created by light |
| photogenic | produced by light |
| photon | a quantum of electromagnetic radiation |
| photosynthesis | synthesis of chemical compounds with the aid of radiant energy and especially light |
| photoelectric | a phenomenon where electrons are emitted from a material when light or other electromagnetic radiation shines on it |
| photometer | an instrument for measuring the strength of electromagnetic radiation in the range from ultraviolet to infrared and including the visible spectrum |
| photocopy | a copy of usually printed material made with a process in which an image is formed by the action of light usually on an electrically charged surface |
| telephoto | being a camera lens system designed to give a large image of a distant object |