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noun
A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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verb
To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To take a picture by means of X-ray, radium, or similar source of actinic radiation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
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noun
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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Synonyms: radiogram, radiograph, skiagraph, skiagram
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Broader terms: photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic
Narrower terms: autoradiograph, roentgenogram, X ray, X-ray, X-ray picture, X-ray photograph
History
Etymology tree English shadow Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English shadowgraph From shadow + -graph.
