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cacophotal

adj. pertaining to or suffering from bad light quality. syn. cacophotic ☐ cacophotally adv. cacophocy n. [f. Gk. kakós- ‘bad’ + photal]

centriphotal

adj. bearing light at the center.  syn. centriphotic ☐ centriphotally adv. centriphocy n. [f. Gr. kentron ‘center’  + photal]

chronophosmorph

v. to shape with time and light. syn. chronophosmorphize (Brit. chronophosmorphise) -ed -ing ☐ chronophosmorpher n. chronophosmorphosis n. pl. chronophosmorphoses chronophosmorphable adj. [f. Gk. phôs-, phōt- ‘light’ + Gk. -morphos ‘shape’]

chronophotal

adj. that pertains to temporal light or periodic light cycles (circadian, infradian, ultradian etc.). syn. chronophotic ☐ chronophotally adv. chronophocy n. chronophotology n. chronophotologist n. [f. Gk. khronos ‘time’ + photal]

circumphotal

adj. bearing light at the perimeter. syn. circumphotic periphotal periphotic ☐ circumphotally adv. circumphocy n. [f. L. circus ‘around’ + photal]

cyclophotal

adj. refers to cyclical phenomena in or of natural and artificial light. syn. cyclophotic ☐ cyclophotally adv. cyclophocy n. [f. Gk. kýklos ‘circle’ + photal]