Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A reusable electric lamp that produces a bright continuous light for photographic illumination.
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- noun photography A
lamp that produces a broadbeam of continuous brightlight ; used toilluminate aphotographic subject
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
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Examples
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This ctenophore seems to be exhibiting bioluminescence, but what the “lights” actually represent is reflection or refraction of the photoflood lights from rhythmically beating cilia.
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I find that the bidirectional lights work well, but without photoflood bulbs I get an unnatural blue tinge - that sends me back to Photoshop.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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I find that the bidirectional lights work well, but without photoflood bulbs I get an unnatural blue tinge - that sends me back to Photoshop.
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My father built in about 6000 watts of photoflood lighting and 12 planes of glass about 24x36.
In Glorious Multiplane - 1 Hans Perk 2008
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The thick cord of an antiquated electric bowl fire shared a power-point with the thinner cord of a photoflood lamp and reflector on a tall metal stand.
Frost at Christmas Wingfield, R. D. 1984
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