shadowgraph
English
Alternative forms
- shadow-graph, shadow graph
Etymology
From shadow + -graph.
Noun
shadowgraph (plural shadowgraphs)
- A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram.
- 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1965, page 108:
- `There you have its exemplification, a shadowgraph of vapour, penetrated by a single concrete element - my Mind.
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- (physics) An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index
Derived terms
- shadowgraphic
- shadowgraphist
- shadowgraphy
Verb
shadowgraph (third-person singular simple present shadowgraphs, present participle shadowgraphing, simple past and past participle shadowgraphed)
- (transitive) To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen.
- (photography) To take a picture by means of X-ray, radium, or similar source of actinic radiation.