shadowgraph
1Shadowgraph — is an optical method that reveals non uniformities in transparent media like air, water, or glass. It is related to, but simpler than, the schlieren and schlieren photography methods that perform a similar function.In principle, we cannot… …
2shadowgraph — [shad′ōgraf΄, shad′ōgräf΄] n. an image or silhouette produced by throwing a shadow upon a lighted surface …
3Shadowgraph — Le Shadowgraph est une méthode optique qui consiste à exposer sous une lumière des volumes transparents (gaz, liquide, verre) afin de récupérer l ombre des diffractions et de les dessiner. Le résultat de l utilisation d un shadowgraph est appelé… …
4shadowgraph — noun Date: 1886 1. shadow play 2. a photographic image resembling a shadow • shadowgraphy noun …
5shadowgraph — shadowgraphic /shad oh graf ik/, adj. shadowgraphist, n. shadowgraphy, n. /shad oh graf , grahf /, n. 1. a picture produced by throwing a shadow, as of the hands, on a lighted screen, wall, or the like. 2. See shadow play. 3. a radiograph. [1885… …
6shadowgraph — noun An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index …
7shadowgraph — n. image created by casting shadows onto a surface …
8shadowgraph — noun 1》 an image formed by the shadow of an object on a surface. 2》 an image formed when light shone through a fluid is refracted differently by regions of different density. 3》 a radiograph …
9shadowgraph — shad·ow·graph …
10shadowgraph — /ˈʃædoʊgræf/ (say shadohgraf), / graf/ (say grahf) noun 1. a picture produced by throwing a shadow, as of the hands, on a lighted screen. 2. → radiograph (def. 1). 3. Aerospace an image which shows the density gradients in the flow about a body… …
