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sciagraph|ˈsaɪəgrɑːf, -æ-|
Forms: 7 sciograph, 7, 9– sciagraph.
[Formed (as if on Gr. type *σκιάγραϕον) after sciagraphy.]
†1. A representation of the section of a building. Obs. So F. sciagraphie. (Cf. sciagraphy 2 b.)
1656Blount Glossogr., Sciagraph (schigrapha) a description of the whole frame and contrivance of every room. 1855in Ogilvie, Suppl.
†2. A diagram. Obs. rare—1.
1657J. B[eale] Herefordsh. Orch. 17, I did..set kernels of the finest sort of apples, with delineating in a sciograph the several kinds in severall places.
3. A picture obtained by means of the Röntgen rays. See skiagraph.
1898Daily News 1 Apr. 6/7 The visible effect of the X Rays is only..a shadow... It is not enough for the surgeons to have a fine ‘sciagraph’. 1901Nature 24 Oct. 625/1 A sciagraph exhibited before a meeting of the Zoological Society. |