SHADOWGRAPH

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)

Synonyms:

radiogram; radiograph; shadowgraph; skiagram; skiagraph

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shadowgraph" is a kind of...):

exposure; photo; photograph; pic; picture (a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shadowgraph"):

autoradiograph (a radiogram produced by radiation emitted by the specimen being photographed)

roentgenogram; X-ray; X-ray photograph; X-ray picture; X ray (a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis)