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skiagraph

Sciagraph \Sci"a*graph\, n. [See Sciagraphy.]

  1. (Arch.) An old term for a vertical section of a building; -- called also sciagraphy. See Vertical section, under Section.

  2. (Phys.) A radiograph. [Written also skiagraph.]

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skiagraph

n. (context physics English) (alternative form of sciagraph English)

WordNet
skiagraph

n. a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays) [syn: radiogram, radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagram]

Usage examples of "skiagraph".

In the laboratory, as soon as he could develop the skiagraphs he had taken, Kennedy began a minute study of them.

In the laboratory, as soon as he could develop the skiagraphs he had taken, Kennedy began a minute study of them.