单词 | reflectograph |
释义 | reflectographn. 1. Any of several popular optical devices for projecting or displaying a reflected image (see quots.). Now disused. ΚΠ 1908 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 17 Dec. 10/6 (advt.) Reflectographs. The Wonderful Post Card Enlarger. 1914 C. B. Jordan & W. B. Forbush Graded & Annotated List of Playthings in W. B. Forbush Man. Play 307 Reflectograph.—An upright glass reflects the drawing on one side so that it may be copied in pencil by the child on the other side. 1936 L. Desjardins Our Living Church iv. 138 One school had..a ‘picture show’ of selected pictures of churches..and snapshots taken of the churches visited,..shown by the use of a reflectograph. 2. An apparatus used for reflectography. rare. ΚΠ 1969 J. R. J. van Asperen de Boer in Stud. in Conservation 14 106 (heading) The Barnes T-4 infra-red camera and its use as a reflectograph. 1989 Burlington Mag. Jan. 61/1 The catalogue of that exhibition is useful..for the results of the reflectograph examinations. 3. a. = reflectogram n. 1. rare. ΚΠ 1970 Optics Technol. 2 142 This method can be used by unskilled soldiers to take reflectographs of gun barrels for inspection. b. An image showing the distribution of reflectance of an object at particular wavelengths; spec. = reflectogram n. 2. ΚΠ 1981 Art Jrnl. 41 163/2 Reflectographs also indicate that the shadows on the front of the Rotterdam Gate were originally more pronounced than is now evident. 1994 Antique Dealer & Collectors Guide June 18/1 The Sutherland Raphaels have been cleaned and restored,..yielding..a wealth of technical information. This is presented in the form of x-rays, infra-red reflectographs and paint cross-sections. 2003 Hesperia 72 422/1 The upper half of a Dokathismata-type figure..is illustrated here in a photograph taken in normal light conditions as well as in an ultraviolet reflectograph. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1908 |
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