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Definition of Shadowgraph
1. Noun. A photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays).
Specialized synonyms: Autoradiograph, Roentgenogram, X Ray, X-ray, X-ray Photograph, X-ray Picture
Generic synonyms: Exposure, Photo, Photograph, Pic, Picture
Definition of Shadowgraph
1. Noun. (physics) An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) An X-ray image. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shadowgraph
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shadowgraph
Literary usage of Shadowgraph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"Roentgenogram, JS, May 17, 1920, showing stone in right ureter lying beside
shadowgraph catheter. an inch across. I passed a thick, windowless drain- tube ..."
2. Transactions of the American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons by American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons (1920)
"For instance, given the presence of a shadow along the course of the ureter so
that one is not sure of its being in the ureter after the shadowgraph ..."
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