Skiagraph

3 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}.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Phys.) A radiograph. [Written also {skiagraph}.]
        [1913 Webster]

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

  Skiagraph \Ski"a*graph\, n. Skiagraphy \Ski*ag"ra*phy\, n., etc.
     See {Sciagraph}, {Sciagraphy}, etc.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Skiascope

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  skiagraph
       n : a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by
           radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays
           or gamma rays) [syn: {radiogram}, {radiograph}, {shadowgraph},
            {skiagram}]