Chronophotography
/ˌkrɒn.oʊ.fəˈtɒɡ.rə.fi/noun
A photographic technique that records movement as a series of sequential images.
Did you know?Chronophotography emerged in the 19th century as scientists tried to capture time visually, and its very name fuses Greek roots for “time” and “writing,” making it a literal record of motion.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
khrónos
“time”
Ancient Greek
Greek
gráphein
“to write, draw, record”
19th Century
French
chronophotographie
“the photographic recording of movement in successive images”
Late 19th Century
English
chronophotography
“the scientific photographing of motion in a sequence”
Modern English
English
chronophotography
“a method of capturing motion as a series of photographs”
Explore more surprising origins