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macrophotal

adj. pertaining to light or lighting on a large scale.  syn. macrophotic magniphotal megaphotal macrophotally adv. macrophocy n. macrophocist n. ☐☐ ant. microphotal, microphotic.  [f. Gk. makrós ‘long, large’ + photal]

melophotal

adj. 1. that includes sequential light notes 2. that relates to any synesthetic condition involving music and light 3. fig. light that feels melodious melophotic  ☐ melophocy n. melophotally adv. [f. Gk. melos ‘song, melody’ + photal]

mesophotal

adj. whose light or lighting has properties that lie in the middle. syn. mesophotic mesophotally adv. mesophocy n. [f. Gk. mésos ‘middle’ + photal]

meteophotal

adj. whose lighting properties and phenomena are weather-related. syn. meteophotic meteophocy n. meteophotally adv. [f. Gk. meteōr ‘in the air’ + photology]

meteophotology

n. the study of weather-related lighting properties and phenomena. ☐ meteophotologist n. meteophotological adj. meteophotologically adv. [f. Gk. meteōr ‘in the air’ + photology]

microphotal

adj. pertaining to light or lighting on a small scale.  syn. microphotic microphotally adv. microphocy n. microphocist n. ☐☐ ant. macrophotal, macrophotic.  [f. Gk. mīkrós ‘small’ + photal]

migraphotal

adj. whose light or lighting migrates. syn. migraphotic. [f. L. migrāre ‘to move from one place to another’ + photal]

misphotal

adj. who hates or shows disdain towards light. syn. misphotic misphotally adv. misphocy n. misphocist n. [f. Gk. misos ‘hatred’ + photal]

monophotal

adj. with a single kind of light or lighting. syn. monophotic monophotally adv. monophocy n. monophocist n. ☐☐ ant. multiphotal. [f. Gk. monos ‘single’ + photal]

multiphotal

adj. with several kinds of light or lighting. syn. multiphotic multiphotally adv. multiphocy n. multiphocist n. ☐☐ ant. monophotal. [f. L. multus ‘many’ + photal]