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单词 sciagraphy
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Definition of sciagraphy in English:

sciagraphy

(also skiagraphy)
nounsʌɪˈaɡrəfi
mass noun
  • 1The use of shading and the projection of shadows to show perspective in architectural or technical drawing.

    投影法

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These methods differed from contemporary pictorial practices by their greater science - particularly the use of shadow projection (skiagraphy).
    • His first process, sciagraphy or photogenic drawing, had been an invention.
  • 2Medicine
    historical The use of X-rays as a diagnostic tool.

    skiagraphy showed a foreign body, hardly as large as the little fingernail

Derivatives

  • sciagram

  • nounˈsʌɪəɡram
  • sciagraph

  • verbˈsʌɪəɡrɑːfˈsaɪəˌɡræf
    [with object]historical
    • Photograph by means of X-rays.

      both knees should be sciagraphed
  • sciagraphic

  • adjectivesʌɪəˈɡrafɪk

Origin

Late 16th century: from French sciagraphie, via Latin from Greek skiagraphia, from skia 'shadow'.

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