Sciagraphy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sciagraph \Sci"a*graph\, n. [See {Sciagraphy}.]
     1. (Arch.) An old term for a vertical section of a building;
        -- called also {sciagraphy}. See {Vertical section}, under
        {Section}.
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     2. (Phys.) A radiograph. [Written also {skiagraph}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sciagraphy \Sci*ag"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? drawing in light
     and shade; ? a shadow + ? to delineate, describe: cf. F.
     sciagraphie.]
     1. The art or science of projecting or delineating shadows as
        they fall in nature. --Gwilt.
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     2. (Arch.) Same as {Sciagraph}.
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     3. (Physics) Same as {Radiography}.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]