shadowgraph
[shad-oh-graf, -grahf]
- a picture produced by throwing a shadow, as of the hands, on a lighted screen, wall, or the like.
- shadow play.
- a radiograph.
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Like a figure of a shadowgraph he slid through its opening, and we followed.
Nights in LondonThomas Burke
The very unfortunate name "shadowgraph" has been suggested and largely used in the newspapers, and even in medical journals.
And this edge between the dark and the light then becomes the shadowgraph of this aperture of the camera.
Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Your Commission Exhibit 753 illustrates that shadowgraph, or actually shows that shadowgraph, Mr. Shaneyfelt?
Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Mr. McCloy is pointing to a mark along the right-hand side, a white mark along the bottom of the shadowgraph.
Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
shadowgraph
- a silhouette made by casting a shadow, usually of the hands, on a lighted surface
- another name for radiograph
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