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scenographic

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sce⋅nog⋅ra⋅phy

  [see-nog-ruh-fee]
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–noun
1. the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
2. scene painting (used esp. with reference to ancient Greece).
Origin:
1635–45; < Gk skēnographía. See scene, -o-, -graphy

Related forms:
sce⋅nog⋅raph⋅er, noun
sce⋅no⋅graph⋅ic  [see-nuh-graf-ik, sen-uh-] , sce⋅no⋅graph⋅i⋅cal, adjective
sce⋅no⋅graph⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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sce·no·graph·ic   (sē'nə-grāf'ĭk)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or characteristic of scenography: "Contemporary design has a strongly scenographic appeal, as if modern rooms were meant to be stage sets" (Los Angeles Times).
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