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cathodograph|kəˈθɒdəʊgrɑːf, -æ-|
Also cathodegraph, kathodograph.
[f. cathodo- + -graph.]
A photograph of normally invisible objects taken by means of cathode rays, an X-ray photograph. (Disused.) Hence caˈthodograph v. trans., to take an X-ray photograph of; cathodography |kæθəʊˈdɒgrəfɪ|, photography by cathode rays.
1896Century Mag. May 120/1 No school or college has considered the day well spent in which..it has not taken ‘cathodographs’ of hands and coins. Ibid. 121/1 Key cathodographed through a book of 526 pages. Ibid. 126/2 A cathodograph picture. Ibid., Cathodography of corked bottles would uncork them. 1897Daily News 2 Feb. 5/2 Its transparent honesty was recognised by the ‘cathodegraph’ showing only the setting, the diamond being represented by a white space. |