photochop
English
Etymology 1
photo- + chop
Verb
photochop (third-person singular simple present photochops, present participle photochopping, simple past and past participle photochopped)
- (electronics, transitive) To convert, by chopping, a DC (or slowly varying AC) input signal into a higher frequency signal.
- 1963, Instrumentation Technology - Volume 10, Issues 1-6, page 15:
- This d-c signal is then photochopped in a solid-state oscillation circuit and the resulting a-c signal amplified.
- 1990, Narendra S. Goel & John M. Norman, Instrumentation for Studying Vegetation Canopies for Remote Sensing in Optical and Thermal Infrared Regions, →ISBN:
- Models 2030 and 2031 provided with photochopped voltage pulse and DC voltage signals, respectively.
- 2012, Gerald Stanhill, Advances in Bioclimatology, →ISBN, page 17:
- For photochopped anemometers, external power is required to power a light beam that is chopped by a rotating slotted disk.
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Etymology 2
Blend of photoshop + chop
Verb
photochop (third-person singular simple present photochops, present participle photochopping, simple past and past participle photochopped)
- (informal, transitive) To digitally alter (an image), especially sloppy or badly; to photoshop.
- 2008 May 19, zcar...@yahoo.com, “Re: Great picture of Federer”, in rec.sport.tennis, Usenet:
- lame. at least do a better job of photochopping.
- 2008 October 18, David Moss, “Re: Ordog apologises for Islamic death penalty for people changing their religion”, in aus.politics, Usenet:
- Are you going to claim the Franciscan Friars photochopped their own photo for their own website?
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Noun
photochop (plural photochops)
- (informal) A digitally altered image, especially in a bad or sloppy way.
- 2004 June 30, Racefan_Dan, “Re: Reconfiguring Bus Stop at Spa”, in rec.autos.sport.f1, Usenet:
- THIS IS NO JOKE - it is NOT a photochop.
- 2011 March 17, Lesmond, “Re: Karrde in the House”, in alt.tv.american-idol, Usenet:
- And a pic of her yawning that was begging for a photochop.
- 2011 November 24, Tim Gavin, “Re: [RBW] Re: Anyone order a Joe?”, in RBW Owners Bunch, Usenet:
- Pardon my lousy photochop.
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