Photomaton
/fə(ʊ)ˈtɒmət(ə)n/originally US
noun
A self-service machine that takes portrait photographs automatically, typically in a photo booth; a booth containing such a machine. Also (now rare ): a photograph taken by such a machine.
- A trademark in the United Kingdom..
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in The New York Times. Blend of photo- and automaton.
- sure-footedness
- sure-grip
- surely
- sureness
- sure of oneself
- sure-shot
- sure thing
- surety
- suretyship
- surexcitation
- surexcited
- surf
- surfable
- surface
- surface-active
- surface activity
- surface area
- surface blow
- surface blow-off
- surface boundary layer
- surface brightness
- surface casing
- surface caterpillar
- surface chemistry
- surface chuck