electronographn.
/ᵻˌlɛkˈtrɒnəɡrɑːf/, /ˌɛlɛkˈtrɒnəɡrɑːf/, /ˌɛlɪkˈtrɒnəɡrɑːf/, /ˌɪlɛkˈtrɒnəɡrɑːf/, /ˌiːlɛkˈtrɒnəɡrɑːf/, U.S. /əˌlɛkˈtrɑnəˌɡræf/, /iˌlɛkˈtrɑnəˌɡræf/; see also -graph comb. form 1. Physics. An apparatus for studying materials by electron diffraction; (also) an electron diffraction pattern.
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1936 Chem. Abstr. 30 644 Electronographs of rubber show much more detail than the corresponding X-ray pictures.
1965 Polymer Sci. USSR 7 16 The instrument used was an EG horizontal electronograph with an accelerating voltage of 60 kV.
1967 Polymer Sci. USSR 9 1816 Recent electronographs showed a high degree of order in a polymer melt extending over 3–4 monolayers, which is equivalent to a molecular bundle.
1996 Chem. Physics Lett. 261 546/2 The crystal structure of the vacuum deposited PPP films was determined by electron diffraction, carried out at an MP-102 electronograph with an accelerating voltage of 75 kV and beam diameter of 0.2 mm.
2. Chiefly Astronomy. An image obtained by electronography (electronography n. 2).
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selenograph1868
spectrograph1891
spectrogram1892
autophotograph1904
comparison plate1905
electronograph1970
1970 Sci. Jrnl. Mar. 14/1 Because the electron beam is focused, an ‘electron picture’ (electronograph) results.
1975 New Mexican (Santa Fe) 3 Aug. d6/7 These released photoelectrons expose film and create a ‘readable’ electronograph of the print.
1988 Astron. & Astrophysics Suppl. Ser. 73 37 The data have been determined from electronographs calibrated through photoelectric photometry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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