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radiograph

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An image, often a photographic negative, produced by radiation other than visible light; especially an X-ray photograph.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: radiogram, shadowgraph

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An instrument for measuring and recording solar radiation.

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To produce a radiograph image.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: radiogram, shadowgraph, skiagraph, skiagram

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic

Narrower terms: autoradiograph, roentgenogram, X ray, X-ray, X-ray picture, X-ray photograph

History

Etymology

From radio- + -graph.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: рентгенограма (rentgenograma) — image produced by radiation
  • Chinese Mandarin: X光片 (X-guāngpiàn) — image produced by radiation
  • Chinese Mandarin: X線照片 /X线照片 (eks-xiàn zhàopiàn) — image produced by radiation
  • Chinese Mandarin: X光照片 (eks-guāng zhàopiàn) — image produced by radiation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 片子 (piānzi) — image produced by radiation
  • Finnish: röntgenkuva — image produced by radiation
  • French: radiographie — image produced by radiation
  • German: Röntgenbild — image produced by radiation
  • Haitian Creole: radyografi — image produced by radiation
  • Hungarian: röntgenfelvétel — image produced by radiation
  • Hungarian: röntgenkép — image produced by radiation
  • Icelandic: röntgenmynd — image produced by radiation
  • Irish: radagraf — image produced by radiation
  • Italian: radiografia — image produced by radiation
  • Japanese: X線写真 (ekkusu sen shashin) — image produced by radiation
  • Japanese: エックス線写真 (ekkusu sen shashin) — image produced by radiation
  • Japanese: レントゲン写真 (rentogen shashin) — image produced by radiation
  • Korean: X레이 사진 (ekseurei sajin) — image produced by radiation
  • Korean: 엑스레이 사진 (ekseurei sajin) — image produced by radiation
  • Korean: 뢴트겐 사진 (roenteugen sajin) — image produced by radiation
  • Polish: radiogram — image produced by radiation
  • Russian: рентгеногра́мма (rentgenográmma) — image produced by radiation
  • Russian: рентге́новский сни́мок (rentgénovskij snímok) — image produced by radiation
  • Russian: рентге́н (rentgén) — image produced by radiation
  • Spanish: radiografía — image produced by radiation
  • Swedish: röntgenbild — image produced by radiation
  • Swedish: röntgenfoto — image produced by radiation
  • Ukrainian: рентгеногра́ма (renthenohráma) — image produced by radiation
  • Ukrainian: рентге́нівський зні́мок (renthénivsʹkyj znímok) — image produced by radiation
  • Welsh: radiograff — image produced by radiation