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    POWDER PHOTOGRAPHY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A process for identifying minerals or crystals; a small rod is coated with a powdered form of the substance and subjected to suitably modified X-rays; the pattern of diffracted rings is used for identificationplay

    Synonyms:

    powder method; powder photography; powder technique

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural processes

    Hypernyms ("powder photography" is a kind of...):

    photography (the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces)

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