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Sciagraphy   Listen
noun
Sciagraphy  n.  
1.
The art or science of projecting or delineating shadows as they fall in nature.
2.
(Arch.) Same as Sciagraph.
3.
(Physics) Same as Radiography.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Sciagraphy" Quotes from Famous Books



... witching time of night; blind man's holiday; darkness visible, darkness that can be felt; palpable obscure; Erebus [Lat.]; the jaws of darkness [Midsummer Night's Dream]; sablevested night [Milton]. shade, shadow, umbra, penumbra; sciagraphy^. obscuration; occultation, adumbration, obumbration^; obtenebration^, offuscation^, caligation^; extinction; eclipse, total eclipse; gathering of the clouds. shading; distribution of shade; chiaroscuro &c (light) 420. noctivagation^. [perfectly black objects] black body; hohlraum [Phys.]; black ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget


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