skiagraph

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A form of sciagraph — A vertical section of a building; a sciagraphy.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounskiagraph (plural skiagraphs)

plural skiagraphs

  1. alternativenatural sciencesAlternative form of sciagraph.
verbskiagraph (third-person singular simple present skiagraphs, present participle skiagraphing, simple past and past participle skiagraphed)

present singular third person skiagraphs · participle present skiagraphing · participle past skiagraphed · past skiagraphed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of sciagraph.

    She came over to me and I skiagraphed the tooth (without charge — I should hope).

    1925, Charles Edmund Kells, The Dentist's Own Book
    2 more examples

    The target should, therefore, be adjusted so as to throw the rays as nearly as possible perpendicularly upon the parts to be skiagraphed.

    1909, Herbert McIntosh, Practical handbook of medical electricity for students and practitioners

    By the end of September, X-ray equipment had been installed and 16 patients had been 'skiagraphed'.

    2018, Anna Rogers, With Them Through Hell, →ISBN, page 198

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

skiagraph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skiagraph

MLA

“skiagraph.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skiagraph. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skiagraph,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skiagraph.

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