"photo finish" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: photo finishes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} photo finish (plural photo finishes)
  1. (sports) 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. Categories (topical): Sports Related terms: neck and neck Translations (finish of a race in which the leaders are close together): maalikameraratkaisu (Finnish), photo-finish [feminine] (French), Fotofinish [neuter] (German), φωτοφίνις (fotofínis) [neuter] (Greek), célfotó (Hungarian), fotofinish [masculine] (Italian), fotofiniş sistemi (Turkish), fotofiniş tekniği (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-photo_finish-en-noun-kG3L6tGG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'finish of a race in which the leaders are close together': 93 7
  2. (by extension) Any competition with a very close outcome. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-photo_finish-en-noun-tIyn6tEP

Noun [Italian]

Etymology: Borrowed from English photo finish. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|it|en|photo finish|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English photo finish, {{bor+|it|en|photo finish}} Borrowed from English photo finish Head templates: {{it-noun|m|-}} photo finish m (uncountable)
  1. Alternative form of fotofinish Tags: alt-of, alternative, masculine, uncountable Alternative form of: fotofinish
    Sense id: en-photo_finish-it-noun-pSQ8aUq7 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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