Photai

Photi

An AI generated image

Pronounced as // fotai//

This image of Elon musk as a black man from Zambia is a photai. It is generated by artificial intelligence software

by Panthai March 11, 2024

Photonic Barrier

A term commonly used in the context of Mil/LEO/Night Vision. Refers to when a light source obscures a person's view due to overexposure, oversaturation, or shadowing.

Also referred to as: "Blooming", "Whiting out", "Glaring out".

Photonic Barriers are not commonly discussed when CQB is brought up. Even though the term is usually associated with Night Vision Use, there are still plenty of scenarios where a Photonic Barrier may affect you without the use of NVG's. knowing what they are and how to work around them may save your life.

by mr_klikbait March 18, 2024

Photo Fishing

The act of being in an engaging conversation and then immediately stopping to search your phone for a specific photo or video, either successfully or unsuccessfully, often times leading to a change of topic or the end of the conversation.

We were reminiscing about our time to Spain when we began sharing stories about drinking wine in La Rioja, then I killed the convo by unsuccessfully photo fishing for an embarrassing photo of us on the Camino.

by TKMountain April 25, 2024

Photoe

Photos of toes an also reference a photo album filled with photos of toes (ie. the dogs barking)

If you don’t land your aerial we are deleting a photoe

by Photoe May 24, 2024

Photonics

The use of photons rather than electrons in superconducting fibre optic transistors for the transmission of energy.

The field of Photonics is not yet a complete science or career.

by NexxR3 June 15, 2024

Photo flick

When you are taking a lot of useless pictures of something you like for fun.

Oh hang on a second, my phone storage is full cause I kind of went overboard on that photo flick yesterday.

by TheRealOneAndDone October 2, 2024

Photosystems

In an advanced or alien context, this refers to any biological or technological system designed to capture and convert light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into usable energy or information. Beyond Earth's chlorophyll-based photosynthesis, it could describe the radiant energy collectors of a plant-like organism living under a red dwarf star, or the photovoltaic "wings" of a bio-engineered organism. In technology, it could mean ultra-efficient, bio-mimetic solar panels or quantum-based light-harvesting arrays.

Photosystems Example: The "Great Sunflowers" from a sci-fi story that use metallic compounds in their leaves to absorb hard UV light on a high-radiation world represent an alien Photosystem. A futuristic building with a facade made of genetically modified photosynthesizing algae that produce both oxygen and biofuel is a biotech-human hybrid photosystem.

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 3, 2026