a picture, usually abstract, produced on a photographic material without the use of a camera, as by placing an object on the material and exposing to light
2. obsolete
a photograph, often of the more artistic kind rather than a mechanical record
photogram in American English
(ˈfoutəˌɡræm)
noun
a silhouette photograph made by placing an object directly on sensitized paper and exposing it to light
Word origin
[1855–60; photo- + -gram1]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barrage, keyword, output, pickup, pipeline-gram is a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “somethingwritten,” “drawing” (epigram; diagram). On this model, -gram is used in the formation of compound words (oscillogram)