shadowgraph

A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram.

Noun

  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

Origin

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.

Forms

shadowgraphs shadow-graph shadow graph

Derived

shadowgraphic shadowgraphist shadowgraphy

Verb

  1. 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

shadowgraphs shadowgraphing shadowgraphed shadow-graph shadow graph