Sciagraphy

Sci-ag′ra-phy

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Noun.

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

sciagraphie

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1.

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

Gwilt.

2.

(Arch.)

Same as

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Noun.

[Gr. a shadow, and to describe.]

1.

The art of sketching or delineating.

2.

In architecture, the profile or section of a building to exhibit its interior structure.

3.

In astronomy, the art of finding the hour of the day or night by the shadows of objects, caused by the sun, moon or stars; the art of dialing.

sciagraphy ‎(countable and uncountable, plural sciagraphies)