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shadowgraph

shadowgraph noun: a shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram.

Noun

shadowgraph (plural shadowgraphs)

  1. A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram.
    • `There you have its exemplification, a shadowgraph of vapour, penetrated by a single concrete element - my Mind.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 108
  2. An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index

Verb

shadowgraph (third-person singular simple present shadowgraphs, present participle shadowgraphing, simple past and past participle shadowgraphed)

  1. (transitive) To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen.
  2. To take a picture by means of X-ray, radium, or similar source of actinic radiation.

Forms of shadowgraph

Noun
pluralshadowgraphs
alternative formshadow-graph
alternative formshadow graph
Verb
third-person singular presentshadowgraphs
present participleshadowgraphing
past participleshadowgraphed
pastshadowgraphed

Origin of shadowgraph

From shadow + -graph.

Words formed from shadowgraph

Questions about shadowgraph

What does shadowgraph mean?
Shadowgraph means a shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram.
What part of speech is shadowgraph?
Shadowgraph can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of shadowgraph?
The plural of shadowgraph is shadowgraphs.

Words near shadowgraph in the dictionary

  1. shadowest
  2. shadoweth
  3. shadowfilled
  4. shadowgram
  5. shadowgrams
  6. shadowgraph
  7. shadowgraphed
  8. shadowgraphic
  9. shadowgraphies
  10. shadowgraphing
  11. shadowgraphist

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