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  1. sciagraphynoun

    the art of representing shadows as realistically as possible

  2. sciagraphynoun

    a vertical section through a building

  3. sciagraphynoun

    radiography

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sciagraphynoun

    Etymology: sciagraphie, French; σ ιαγϱαφία.

Wikipedia

  1. sciagraphy

    Sciography, also spelled sciagraphy or skiagraphy (Greek: σκιά "shadow" and γράφειν graphein, "write"), is a branch of the science of perspective dealing with the projection of shadows, or the delineation of an object in perspective with its gradations of light and shade. In architectural drawing, sciography is the study of shades and shadows cast by simple architectural forms on plane surfaces. In general sciography, the light source is imagined as the sun inclined at 45 degrees to both vertical plane and horizontal plane coming from left hand side. The resultant shadow is then drawn.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sciagraphynoun

    the art or science of projecting or delineating shadows as they fall in nature

  2. Sciagraphynoun

    same as Sciagraph

  3. Etymology: [Gr. , fr. drawing in light and shade; a shadow + to delineate, describe: cf. F. sciagraphie.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sciagraphy

    sī-ag′ra-fi, n. the art of casting and delineating shadows as they fall in nature: (archit.) the vertical section of a building to show its interior structure: the art of dialling.—ns. Scī′agraph; Scīag′rapher.—adjs. Scīagraph′ic, -al.—adv. Scīagraph′ically. [Gr. skiagraphiaskia, a shadow, graphein, to write.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sciagraphy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sciagraphy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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