skiagraphicallyadv.
/ˌskʌɪəˈɡrafᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌskaɪəˈɡræfək(ə)li/ 1. In a skiagraphic manner; in silhouette or outline.
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1684 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 14 653 Be pleas'd to observe Fig. 1. where the same Movement, which was sciagraphically describ'd Fig. 3. is for the better discerning its internal structure..represented in naked lines.
1861 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 6/2 The circles of Washington society may be represented sciagraphically in the following diagram.
1892 Speaker 5 Mar. 285/2 Through the blinds of the saloon below various pairs of lovers are seen—skiagraphically embracing.
1978 Traditio 34 405 The ‘two sizes’ of the middle finger whose ambiguity, he [sc. Plato] says, can no longer be represented skiagraphically.
1996 Chora 2 126 He [sc. the vampire] lives in the margins of the world, defined geographically or sciagraphically, in terms of shadows.
2. Medicine. = radiologically adv. 1. rare.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > [adverb]
skiagraphically1896
roentgenographically1909
radiologically1912
society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > [adverb] > in a manner involving instruments or equipment
stereographically1679
thermographically1840
skiagraphically1896
radiographically1898
skiagrammatically1901
roentgenographically1909
autoradiographically1949
1896 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 Feb. 490 (title) A case of osseous ankylosis skiographically diagnosed.
1941 Lancet 1 Feb. 140/1 The changes in the lung..are concussive in nature, and similar clinically and skiagraphically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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