shadowgraph

[ shad-oh-graf, -grahf ]

/ ˈʃæd oʊˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

a picture produced by throwing a shadow, as of the hands, on a lighted screen, wall, or the like.

a radiograph.

Words nearby shadowgraph

shadow roll, shadow test, shadow-box, shadowbox, shadowed, shadowgraph, shadowing, shadowland, shadowy, shadrach, shaduf

Origin of shadowgraph

First recorded in 1885–90; shadow + -graph

OTHER WORDS FROM shadowgraph

shad·ow·graph·ic

[shad-oh-graf-ik] /ˌʃæd oʊˈgræf ɪk/, adjectiveshad·ow·graph·ist, nounshad·ow·graph·y, noun

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Examples from the Web for shadowgraph

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
As you view it, lower left hand of both of the charts, shows a notch that makes the shadowgraph other than a straight line.
Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Like a figure of a shadowgraph he slid through its opening, and we followed.
Nights in London|Thomas Burke
The very unfortunate name "shadowgraph" has been suggested and largely used in the newspapers, and even in medical journals.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. VI., No. 6, May, 1896|Various

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

British Dictionary definitions for shadowgraph

shadowgraph

/ (ˈʃædəʊˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) /

noun

a silhouette made by casting a shadow, usually of the hands, on a lighted surface

another name for radiograph

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