Etymology

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Today it means: The art of representing shadows as realistically as possible. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σκιά
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσκιά“shadow”
  2. English todaysciagraphy

From Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + -graphy.

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.