Thermography

Definition: Thermography

Thermography

Noun

1. Diagnostic technique using a thermograph to record the heat produced by different parts of the body; used to study blood flow and to detect tumors.

Note: Thermography \Ther*mog"ra*phy\, noun. [Thermo- -graphy.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Thermography

Domain	Definitions
Electrical Engineering	Processes of image formation by heat. . . . All heat processes are based on the. . . fact that when a document having an infra-red absorbing image is subjected to. . . heat the image. . . becomes hotter than the bac kground. Source: European Union. (references)
Energy	A building energy auditing technique for locating areas of low insulation in a building envelope by means of a thermographic scanner. (references)
Health	Measurement of the regional temperature of the body or an organ by infrared sensing devices, based on self-emanating infrared radiation. (references)
Meteorology & Standards	A range of photocopying processes which rely on heat for the formation of the image. Source: European Union. (references)
Physics	Term suggested as a replacement for the phrase "thermal infrared imagery", analogous to the term "photography" Source: European Union. (references)
Post & Telecom	The recording of the thermal qualities of objects and surfaces by means of scanning equipment in which the IR or microwave radiation recorded can be converted into a thermal image. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Thermography

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Thermography is currently a top-of-the-line tool for "seeing" in the infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum. You can "see" by special cameras, called thermovision cameras, the heat being irradiated from several types of bodies.

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Thermography."

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Crosswords: Thermography

English words defined with "thermography": mammothermography. (references)

Specialty definitions using "thermography": nondestructive examination, nondestructive testing. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Thermography

Domain	Title
Books	Infrared Thermography (Microwave Technology, Vol 5) (reference) Mammography, Thermography, and Ultrasound in Breast Cancer Detection (reference) Medical Infra-Red Thermography (reference) Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials by Infrared Thermography (reference) Quantitative Infrared Thermography QIRT 94 (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: Thermography

"Thermography" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Thermography" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	4	175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Thermography

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
thermography	126	infrared thermography camera	3
infrared thermography	28	ir thermography	3
breast thermography	16	infrared maintenance predictive thermography	3
thermography camera	11	projected thermography	2
machine thermography	8	dc in printer thermography use washington who	2
thermography printing	6	invitation thermography wedding	2
medical thermography	5	flir thermography	2
survey thermography	4	thermography equipment	2
regency thermography	3	infared thermography	2
computerized regulation thermography	3	specification thermography	2
		infrared infrared services thermography	2
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Modern Translations: Thermography

Language		Translations for "thermography"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		termografi (heat copying, thermal photography, thermic copying). (various references)

Dutch		thermokopie (heat copying, thermic copying), thermografie (thermal photography), termografie (heat copying, thermic copying). (various references)

Finnish		termografia (thermal photography), lämpökuvaus (thermal photography). (various references)

French		thermographie (thermal analysis, thermal photography, thermic copying, thermoanalysis), thermocopie (thermic copying), thermoanalyse (thermal analysis, thermoanalysis), analyse thermique (thermal analysis, thermic analysis, thermoanalysis). (various references)

German		Thermographie (heat copying, thermal photography, thermic copying), Thermografie, Wärmekopierverfahren (heat copying, thermic copying). (various references)

Greek		θερμογραφία (heat copying, thermal photography, thermic copying). (various references)

Italian		termografia (heat copying, thermal photography, thermic copying). (various references)

Pig Latin		ermographythay

Portuguese		termografia (thermal photography). (various references)

Russian		термография. (various references)

Spanish		termografía (thermal photography), termocopiado (heat copying, thermic copying). (various references)

Swedish		termografi (heat copying, thermal photography, thermic copying). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Thermography"

Words rhyming with "thermography" (pronounced 'Ther*mog"ra*phy'): Adenography, Aerography, Agrostography, Aluminography, Amorphy, Anaglyptography, Anemography, Angiography, Anthography, Anthropogeography, Anthropography, Anthroposophy, Archaeography, Arteriography, Arthrography, Astrography, Astrophotography, Aurigraphy, Autobiography, Autography, Autotypography, Balneography, Bibliography, Biogeography, Biography, Brachygraphy, Cacography, Calcography, Caligraphy, Calligraphy, Cardiography, Cartography, Celidography, Cerography, Chalcography, Cheirosophy, Chemigraphy, Chirography, Choregraphy, Chorography, Chromatography, Chromolithography, Chromophotography, Chronography, Chrysography, Climatography, Cometography, Cosmography, cryptography, Crystallography. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Thermography

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: mythographer.
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-h-h-m-o-p-r-r-t-y"
	-1 letter: thermograph.
	-3 letters: temporary.
	-4 letters: apothegm, metaphor, myograph, pyorrhea.
	-5 letters: apothem, atrophy, empathy, garrote, grapery, gyrator, homager, hypogea, mortary, mothery, orphrey, parroty, partyer, phorate, phratry, portage, portray, praetor, program, prorate, teraohm, therapy, tramper.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-g-h-h-m-o-p-r-r-t-y"
	+1 letter: mythographers.
	+4 letters: bathythermograph, rechromatography.
	+5 letters: bathythermographs, thermographically.
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