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xeroradiography|ˌzɪərəʊ-, ˌzɛrəʊreɪdɪˈɒgrəfɪ|
[f. xerography + radiography.]
A xerographic process for obtaining an X-ray picture, the X-rays impinging on an electrically charged surface like light in conventional xerography. Hence xeroˈradiograph; ˌxeroradioˈgraphic a.
1950Non-Destructive Testing IX. i. 11/1 Xeroradiography is a rapid, low-cost, all-electric method of obtaining permanent X-Ray images. Ibid., The xeroradiographic plate..may be made flexible, and placed in intimate contact with the curved surface of the test object. 1955Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol. LXXIII. 7/1 The xeroradiographic plate consists of a sheet of metal..on which has been deposited..a thin layer of selenium. Ibid. 8/1 (caption) Aluminum step-wedge xeroradiographs. 1960Aeroplane XCIX. 722/2 The inspection of light-alloy castings, hidden structures and assemblies, is stated to be among the applications of xeroradiographic equipment. 1972Lancet 2 Dec. 1186/1 A feature of the xeroradiograph is the remarkably sharp, clearcut ‘edge effect’ of the powder pattern. 1975Nature 25 Sept. 276/2 The discharging of a selenium plate by X rays was embodied in the original Xerox patents but, despite some investigation in the 1950s, ‘xeroradiography’ has not been widely used. |