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SCENOGRAPHY

Definition: SCENOGRAPHY

SCENOGRAPHY

Noun

1. The art or act of representing a body on a perspective plane; also, a representation or description of a body, in all its dimensions, as it appears to the eye.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Synonyms within Context: SCENOGRAPHY

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Painting

Historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting; landscape painting, marine painting; still life, flower painting, scene painting; scenography.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: SCENOGRAPHY

English words defined with "SCENOGRAPHY": Scenographical. (references)
Etymologies containing "SCENOGRAPHY": Scenograph. (references)

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Commercial Usage: SCENOGRAPHY

DomainTitle

Books

  • Scenography and Stage Technology: An Introduction (reference)

  • Svoboda: Wagner: Josef Svoboda's Scenography for Richard Wagner's Operas (reference)

  • The History and Theory of Environmental Scenography (reference)

  • The Scenography of Josef Svoboda. (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: SCENOGRAPHY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

scenography

17
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: SCENOGRAPHY

Language Translations for "SCENOGRAPHY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Farsi 

  

مجلس سازی , نقاشی پرده های نمایش , تصویر (Form, Hue, Image, Likeness, Picture, Portrait, Vignette). (various references)

   

French

  

scénographie. (various references)

   

German

  

Dekor (décor, decoration), Bühnenbildgestaltung. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σκηνογραφία (scenery, setting, stage design). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

távlati rajz (drawing in linear perspective, drawing in perspective, perspective drawing, scenograph). (various references)

   

Italian

  

scenografia (scenery, set design, styling elements). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

enographyscay

   

Romanian

  

scenografie. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

escenografía. (various references)

   

Thai

  

วัตถุหรือ าพมิติ. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

сценографія, переспективний живопис. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự vẽ phối cảnh, phép vẽ phối cảnh. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "SCENOGRAPHY"

Words rhyming with "SCENOGRAPHY" (pronounced 'Sce*nog"ra*phy'): Adenography, Aerography, Agrostography, Aluminography, Amorphy, Anaglyptography, Anemography, Angiography, Anthography, Anthropogeography, Anthropography, Anthroposophy, Archaeography, Arteriography, Arthrography, Astrography, Astrophotography, Aurigraphy, Autobiography, Autography, Autotypography, Balneography, Bibliography, Biogeography, Biography, Brachygraphy, Cacography, Calcography, Caligraphy, Calligraphy, Cardiography, Cartography, Celidography, Cerography, Chalcography, Cheirosophy, Chemigraphy, Chirography, Choregraphy, Chorography, Chromatography, Chromolithography, Chromophotography, Chronography, Chrysography, Climatography, Cometography, Cosmography, cryptography, Crystallography, Dactyliography, Demography, Dermatography, Ectypography, Electrography, Electro-telegraphy, Embryography, Enteradenography, Enterography, Enterorrhaphy, Epidemiography, Epigraphy, Epistolography, Ethnography, Eutrophy, Exstrophy, Galvanoglyphy, Galvanography, Gastroraphy, geography, Glossography, Glyphography, Glyptography, -graphy, gymnosophy, Gypsography, hagiography, Haliography, Hemautography, Heresiography, Heterography, Hierography, Histography, Historiography, Homography, Homomorphy, Horography, Horologiography, Hyalography, hydrography, Hyetography, Hymnography, hypertrophy, Ichnography, Ichthyography, Iconography, ideography, Inorthography, Isography, lexicography, Lexigraphy, Lichenography, lithography, Lithophotography, Logography, Lymphography, Macrography, Mechanography, Metagraphy, Metallography, Meteorography, Microcosmography, Microphotography, Monography, Murphy, Myography, Neography, Neurography, Nomography, Nosography, Numismatography, Oceanography, Odontography, Oleography, Opisthography, Optography, Orchesography, Oreography, Organography, Orography, Orphanotrophy, Orthography, Oryctography, Osteography, Otography, Ouranography, Paleography, Paleontography, Pansophy, Pantography, Papyrography, Pasigraphy, Pedotrophy, Perineorrhaphy, Perspectography, Petroglyphy, Petrography, Phantasmatography, philosophy, Phonography, Photoglyphy, Photography, Photolithography, Photomicrography, Phototelegraphy, Phototopography, Phototypography, Photoxylography, Photozincography, Phycography, Physico-philosophy, Phytogeography, Phytoglyphy, Phytography, Plastography, Plethysmography, Pluviography, Pneumography, Polyautography, Polygraphy, Polymorphy, Pornography, Potamography, Psalmography, Pseudepigraphy, Pseudography, Psychography, Pterylography, Pyrography, radiography, Radiotelegraphy, Rhyparography, Sciography, Seismography, Selenography, Siderography, Sphenography, Splanchnography, Splenography, Steganography, Stelography, stenography, Stereography, Stereotypography, Stratigraphy, Stratography, Stylography, Syndesmography, Tachygraphy, Tarsorrhaphy, Technography, telegraphy, telephotography, Tenorrhaphy, Testaceography, Thalassography, theosophy, thermography, topography, Toreumatography, Trachelorrhaphy, Transferography, trophy, typography, Typolithography, Uranography, Voltagraphy, Xylography, Xylopyrography, Zincography, Zoogeography, Zoography. (additional references)

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Anagrams: SCENOGRAPHY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-h-n-o-p-r-s-y"

-2 letters: canephors, chaperons, pharynges.

-3 letters: acrogens, canephor, changers, chaperon, charpoys, cryogens, groschen, gryphons, hyperons, hypogean, hyponeas, necropsy, panoches, poachers, pyranose, pyrogens.

-4 letters: acrogen, anchors, archons, cargoes, carhops, carneys, changer, changes, charges, charpoy, cheapos, choreas, coarsen, congers, coprahs, corneas, corsage, crayons, crepons, cryogen, cyphers, eparchs, eparchy, eryngos, garcons, gophers, gorhens, groynes, gryphon, hangers, hoarsen, hyperon, hypogea, hyponea, hyraces, narcose, nosegay, onagers, oraches, oranges, orangey, orphans, panoche, parches, pechans, persona, phoneys, phrensy, poacher, poaches, porches, prances, preachy, presong, progeny, pyrogen, pyrones, ranches, ranchos, rehangs, roaches, senhora, sharpen, shoepac, socager, sponger, syncarp, synchro, syncope.

-5 letters: acorns, agency, agones, ahorse, anchor, anergy, angers, aprons, arches, archon, argons, argosy, arpens, arseno, ashore, cagers, caners, canoes, canopy, capers, capons, cargos, carhop, carney, casern, censor, change, changs, chapes, chares, charge, chaser, cheapo, cheaps, chorea, chores, chosen, coarse, coneys, congas, conger, conges, copens, copers, coprah, copras, cornea, corpse, cosher, cranes, crapes, crayon, creasy, crepon, crones, cypher, cypres, encash, eparch, ephors, epochs, eryngo, escarp, eschar, gapers, garcon, gascon, gasher, gasper, genoas, genros, gerahs, gherao, goners, gopher, gorhen, graces, grapes, grapey, graphs, greasy, groans, gropes, groyne, gyrase, gyrons, gyrose, hances, hanger, hayers, henrys, herons, hoarse, hogans, honers, honeys, hopers, horsey, hyenas, naches, nachos, nacres, napery, narcos, nosher, oceans, ochers, ochery, ochrea, ochres, onager, operas, orache, orange, orangs, orangy, organs, orphan, osprey, pacers, paeons, pagers, pareos, parges, pargos, parsec, parson, payers, payors, peachy, pecans, pechan, pengos, person, phages, pharos, phones, phoney, phrase, poachy, pogeys, ponces, posher, prance, prangs, preach, prongs, psyche, psycho, pyrans, pyrone, racons, rances, rancho, ranges, raphes, rayons, reason, recaps, recons, recopy, rehang, repays, sanger, sarong, scarey, scarph, scrape, search, secpar, senary, senhor, senora, seraph, shapen, shaper, sharny, sharpy, sherpa, shoran, soaper, socage, spacer, spacey, sparge, sphery, sponge, spongy, sprang, sypher, syphon, yagers, yapons, yearns.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-h-n-o-p-r-s-y"
 

+5 letters: stenographically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: SCENOGRAPHY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 43 45 4E 4F 47 52 41 50 48 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    -.-.    .    -.    ---    --.    .-.    .-    .--.    ....    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01000011 01000101 01001110 01001111 01000111 01010010 01000001 01010000 01001000 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#67 &#69 &#78 &#79 &#71 &#82 &#65 &#80 &#72 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0043 0045 004E 004F 0047 0052 0041 0050 0048 0059

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5337394849415235504259

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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