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shadowgraph

noun

Meaning

  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
  3. To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen.
  4. To take a picture by means of X-ray, radium, or similar source of actinic radiation.

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  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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