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phot

Pronunciation: /fəʊt/

The English word “phot” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous flux through an area (symbol ph).

verb

  1. to photograph

Etymology

Coined by André Blondel in 1921. See photo-.

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