skiagraph
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of skiagraph
1895–1900; back formation from skiagraphy the process of making skiagraphs < Greek skiāgraphía painting in light and shade, equivalent to skiā-, combining form of skiā́ shade + -graphia -graphy
Example Sentences
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Doubtless when we are able to devise apparatus of greater penetration, and to control the effect of the rays, we shall be able to skiagraph clearly even through the entire thickness of the body.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various
Even after the hand has been dressed, it is possible, through the dressing, to skiagraph it, and determine the presence or absence of any such fragments of glass.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various
And he pointed to the cosmic-ray skiagraph of the Moon on the curved glass dome overhead.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 by Bates, Harry
If you will study my skiagraph, you will see how I got my first clue.
From The Treasure-Train by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
"And what's that?" cried Madge in a shriller voice, pointing upward. cross the patterned surface of the Moon, shown on the skiagraph, a black, cigar-shaped form was passing.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 by Bates, Harry
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