| credit | used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise, she already had several performances to her credit |
credit
course credit | recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed, typically measured in semester hours |
semester hour
credit hour | a unit of academic credit, one hour a week for an academic semester |
photography
picture taking | the act of taking and printing photographs |
filming
cinematography
motion-picture photography | the act of making a film |
cinema
movie theater
movie theatre
movie house
picture palace | a theater where films are shown |
face card
picture card
court card | one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
gallery art gallery
picture gallery | a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited |
Identikit
Identikit picture | a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police, uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought |
kinescope
picture tube
television tube | a cathodeay tube in a television receiver, translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen |
motion-picture camera
movie camera
cineamera | a camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession |
motion-picture film
movie film
cine-film | photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool, to be used in a movie camera |
painting
picture | graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface, a small painting by Picasso, he bought the painting as an investment, his pictures hang in the Louvre |
photograph
photo
exposure
picture pic | a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide, recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material |
picture
image
icon
ikon | a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface, they showed us the pictures of their wedding, a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them |
| picture book | a book consisting chiefly of pictures |
| picture frame | a framework in which a picture is mounted |
| picture hat | a woman's dressy hat with a wide brim |
| picture rail | rail fixed to a wall for hanging pictures |
| picture window | a large window with a single pane (usually overlooking a view) |
pixel
pel
picture element | (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot), the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution |
roentgenogram
X ray
Xay
Xay picture
Xay photograph | a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays, used in medical diagnosis |
stereo stereoscopic picture
stereoscopic photograph | two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together |
| wedding picture | photographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their wedding |
| picture | a typical example of some state or quality, the very picture of a modern general, she was the picture of despair |
credit rating
credit | an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments |
| credit system | a system for allowing people to purchase things on credit |
| memory picture | a memory image that is similar to a visual perception |
mental picture
picture
impression | a clear and telling mental image, he described his mental picture of his assailant, he had no clear picture of himself or his world, the events left a permanent impression in his mind |
video
picture | the visible part of a television transmission, they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone |
| credit | an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work, the credits were given at the end of the film |
by-line
credit line | a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article |
| picture writing | a writing system using pictographs |
| credits | a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film) |
| credit application | an application for a line of credit |
credit order
bill-me order | an order that is received without payment, requires billing at a later date |
a movie
film picture moving picture
moving-picture show
motion picture
motion-picture show
picture show
pic
flick | a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement, they went to a movie every Saturday night, the film was shot on location |
silent movie
silent picture
silents | a movie without a soundtrack |
talking picture
talkie | a movie with synchronized speech and singing |
| picture postcard | a postcard with a picture on one side |
photo-offset printing
photo-offset | a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates |
| full faith and credit | a guarantee to pay interest and principal on debt, usually issued by the United States Treasury |
recognition
credit | approval, give her recognition for trying, he was given credit for his work, give her credit for trying |
citation cite
acknowledgment credit reference mention quotation | a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage, the student's essay failed to list several important citations, the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book, the article includes mention of similar clinical cases |
| photo credit | a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph |
picture
pictorial matter | illustrations used to decorate or explain a text, the dictionary had many pictures |
word picture
word-painting
delineation depiction picture characterization
characterisation | a graphic or vivid verbal description, too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures, the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland, the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters |
| photo finish | in general, any very close finish, in particular, a finish of a race in which the contestants are so close together that the winner must be determined from a photograph taken at the instant of finishing |
photo opportunity
photo op | an occasion that lends itself to (or is deliberately arranged for) taking photographs that provide favorable publicity for those who are photographed |
| credit union | a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings |