shadowgraph
- noun
- /ˈʃædoʊˌɡræf/
- Specialized
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sombra gráfica
- Using shadowgraphs, researchers were able to visualize the internal structures of the ancient artifacts.
Examples
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PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): HAND MIT RINGEN, 'Rontgen's second x-ray shadowgraph of his wife's hand, with slightly more contrast than the first.
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The doctor showed me the shadowgraph of my injured leg, revealing the underlying fractures.
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What we're going to see here with the shadowgraph system is we're going to see a line that is the shadow cast by that shockwave.
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It was not possible at that late date to include his revolutionary X-ray shadowgraphs.
Academic text (1995) -
Hence, the shadowgraphs of the bones of Bertha's hand exhibited optimum contrast.
Academic text (1995) -
In the next three days, he hurriedly produced enough copies of the crucial shadowgraphs to distribute them, along with preprints of the paper, to the leading physicists in Germany, England, France, and Austria.
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In the lab, we analyzed the shadowgraphs created by the X-ray machine for better diagnostics.
Synonyms
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6.1
A picture made with X-rays to show inside the body
An image made by X-rays that shows the inside of the body
An image made by X-rays that shows the inside of the body
An image made with X-rays to show bones or other parts inside the body
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shadowgraph comes from shadow and graph, and graph means 'writing' or 'drawing', as in photograph. Think of it as a 'drawing made by shadows', an image like an X-ray that shows hidden shapes inside things.