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Definition of Photo finish
1. Noun. In general, any very close finish; in particular, a finish of a race in which the contestants are so close together that the winner must be determined from a photograph taken at the instant of finishing.
Definition of Photo finish
1. Noun. The finish of a race in which the leaders are so close together that the winner cannot be identified using the naked eye but is determined by means of a photograph ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) Any competition with a very close outcome ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Photo Finish
Literary usage of Photo finish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Inverted Sort of Prayer by Chris F. Needham (2006)
"Always die photo finish. And the waiting. The clutching die ticket and the
trembling and die waiting. Jammed in with die others all eyes waiting to ..."
2. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1897)
"THE '-WORLD" SPECIAL PHOTO-FINISH BLOTTING PAPER is a new helper for the
finishing-room. It is guaranteed to be absolutely chemically pure. ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"The expulsion order of the ecclesiastical authorities and the unfrocked curate's
written resignation made a photo-finish. On top of this, ..."
4. A Preview and Summary of "The Wayward Welfare State" by Roger A. Freeman (1981)
"In the Republican primaries of 1976 both candidates declared their preference
for less rather than more government and they wound up in a photo finish. ..."
5. Omaggio A Roma by Franco Lefevre, Irene Bignardi, Cesare Colombo, Italo Zannier (1998)
"Who won and who lost in that photo finish? And how about the colors of that mountain?
Does that face really belong to that body? ..."
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