shadowgraph

Speech parts

1. shadowgraph - Noun

2. shadowgraph - Verb

Meaning

a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

radiograph radiogram skiagraph skiagram x-ray radiography exposure photo photograph shaded radiotelegraph radiotelegraphy roentgenogram autoradiograph radiographic

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Hypernyms

pic picture exposure photo photograph

Hyponyms

x-ray roentgenogram autoradiograph X-ray photograph x-ray picture

Examples

In the world of physics we watch a shadowgraph performance of the drama of familiar life. Arthur Eddington

Blunt body entry vehicles Various reentry shapes (NASA) using shadowgraphs to show high-velocity flow These four shadowgraph images represent early reentry-vehicle concepts. Source: Internet

The sound field is sufficiently intense for it to appear on a shadowgraph as shown in the figure on the right (from M.G. Davies) for a rectangular supersonic jet. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

shadower shadowfilled shadowgram shadowgraphic shadowgraphist shadowgraphy