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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread skiagraph #86356 11/09/2002 3:59 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Damned if I can think of any use for the word. An X-ray would be one special example. Perhaps other froms of radiation could be used to produce image. akiagraph n. 5Gr skia, shadow (see SHINE) + 3GRAPH6 RADIOGRAPH Also ski$a[gram# 73gram#8 ski[ag[ra[phy 7skj ag4r! fc8 n. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: skiagraph #86357 11/09/2002 5:07 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Some times photographers will take paper and overlay it with leaves or some such thing and expose it directly to light, then develop the resulting image. The leaf will let a little light through it so you don't get just a silhouette. Don't know what they call the process; skiagraphy doesn't ring a bell. Almost all the googles say something about x-rays. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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