an image or silhouette produced by throwing a shadow upon a lighted surface
shadowgraph
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shadowgraph
noun
- An image produced by casting a shadow on a screen.
- See shadow play.
- See radiograph.
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Noun
(plural shadowgraphs)
- A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram.
- (physics) An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index
Verb
(third-person singular simple present shadowgraphs, present participle shadowgraphing, simple past and past participle shadowgraphed)
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shadowgraph - Medical Definition
n.
See radiograph
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