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shadowgraphs

shadowgraphs is the plural of shadowgraph.

Meaning of shadowgraph

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

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Questions about shadowgraphs

What is shadowgraphs the plural of?
Shadowgraphs is the plural of shadowgraph.

Words near shadowgraphs in the dictionary

  1. shadowgraphic
  2. shadowgraphies
  3. shadowgraphing
  4. shadowgraphist
  5. shadowgraphists
  6. shadowgraphs
  7. shadowgraphy
  8. shadowier
  9. shadowiest
  10. shadowily
  11. shadowiness

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