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SHADOWGRAPH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)
Synonyms:
radiogram; radiograph; shadowgraph; skiagram; skiagraph
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("shadowgraph" is a kind of...):
exposure; photo; photograph; pic; picture (a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shadowgraph"):
autoradiograph (a radiogram produced by radiation emitted by the specimen being photographed)
roentgenogram; X-ray; X-ray photograph; X-ray picture; X ray (a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis)
