shadowgraph

Meaning

Noun

1. A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram.
2. An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index

Verb

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.

Synonyms

skiagraph

radiogram

radiograph

skiagram

child’s copying pictures

picture

striograph

silhouette

simulacrum

magic-lantern picture

Translations

radiografia

Schattenriss

ακτινογραφία

ακτινογράφημα

lastra

radiografia

radiogramma

radiografia

chapa de radiografia

Etymology

From shadow + -graph.