photonymographn.
/ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)ˈnɪməɡrɑːf/, /ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)ˈnɪməɡraf/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdəˈnɪməˌɡræf/ Cartography.
An instrument used for producing printed names on maps photographically.
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1933 J. S. A. Salt Simple Method Surveying from Air Photogr. xi. 130 The names..are printed photographically in a Photonymograph... Names may be printed in a variety of sizes and styles on a strip of sensitized paper. The alphabet..and any other signs..are contained on a master-disc. With the disc in position, each letter in turn is brought into position and an exposure made... The strips are developed and fixed..and then show a series of names in various sizes and styles.
1971 F. J. Monkhouse & H. R. Wilkinson Maps & Diagrams (ed. 3) i. 64 The new model..of the Photonymograph (developed from a machine which appeared in its earliest form over thirty years ago) is made by Barr and Stroud, Ltd.
1987 Geogr. Jrnl. 153 19 They are photographed on to the plastic by a photo-nymograph.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1933- straight from the stable
- straight from the tin
- straight goods
- straight hosiery
- straight job
- straight leg
- straight line
- straight mute
- straight of breadth
- straight off
- straight off the ice
- straight or little sheer
- straight out
- straight out of central casting
- straight pein
- straight play
- straight poker
- straight pool
- straight razor
- straight reached
- straight set up
- straight shooter
- straight six
- straight stall
- straight stick