Radiography (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Photography that uses other kinds of radiation than visible light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("radiography" is a kind of...):

photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radiography"):

roentgenography; X-ray photography (radiography that uses X-rays to produce a roentgenogram)

xeroradiography (radiography using X-rays and xerographic (rather than roentgenographic) techniques)

Derivation:

radiographer (a person who makes radiographs)

radiographic (relating to or produced by radiography)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The process of making a radiograph; producing an image on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light

Synonyms:

radiography; skiagraphy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("radiography" is a kind of...):

photography (the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radiography"):

autoradiography (producing a radiograph by means of the radiation emitted from the specimen being photographed)

Derivation:

radiographer (a person who makes radiographs)

radiographic (relating to or produced by radiography)

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