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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sciagraph  \Sci"a*graph\,  n.  [See  {Sciagraphy}.] 
  1.  (Arch.)  An  old  term  for  a  vertical  section  of  a  building; 
  --  called  also  {sciagraphy}.  See  {Vertical  section},  under 
  {Section}. 
 
  2.  (Phys.)  A  radiograph.  [Written  also  {skiagraph}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skiagraph  \Ski"a*graph\,  n.  Skiagraphy  \Ski*ag"ra*phy\,  n.,  etc 
  See  {Sciagraph},  {Sciagraphy},  etc 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  skiagraph 
  n  :  a  photographic  image  produced  on  a  radiosensitive  surface  by 
  radiation  other  than  visible  light  (especially  by  X-rays 
  or  gamma  rays)  [syn:  {radiogram},  {radiograph},  {shadowgraph}, 
  {skiagram}]




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