sciagraph

To create a sciagraph (radiograph) of; to look inside by this or a similar technique.

Noun

  1. A vertical section of a building; a sciagraphy.
  2. A radiograph.

Origin

From Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + -graph.

Forms

sciagraphs

Verb

  1. To create a sciagraph (radiograph) of; to look inside by this or a similar technique.
    • The lighting from above also had a specific function: providing an even legibility to those "shaded" or sciagraphed areas treated with the technique known as schiacciato as to those of high relief. - 1996, Victor Horta...
    • This is a text centrally about a girl who is herself an illusionistic artwork: her white skin is the canvas upon which a wholly misleading cultural portrait is sciagraphed. - 2002, Tim Whitmarsh, “Written on the Body:...
    • Compared with the prior arts, the remote exposure control device of an embodiment can remotely control and monitor an FPD, facilitating realizing sciagraphing by one key and improving the work efficiency of users. -...

Forms

sciagraphs sciagraphing sciagraphed