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POWDER PHOTOGRAPHY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does powder photography mean?
• POWDER PHOTOGRAPHY (noun)
The noun POWDER PHOTOGRAPHY has 1 sense:
1. a process for identifying minerals or crystals; a small rod is coated with a powdered form of the substance and subjected to suitably modified X-rays; the pattern of diffracted rings is used for identification
Familiarity information: POWDER PHOTOGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A process for identifying minerals or crystals; a small rod is coated with a powdered form of the substance and subjected to suitably modified X-rays; the pattern of diffracted rings is used for identification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
powder method; powder photography; powder technique
Hypernyms ("powder photography" is a kind of...):
photography (the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces)
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