radiogram

A noun with two distinct meanings: a message transmitted by wireless telegraphy, or a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light, such as X-rays or gamma rays.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant soit un message transmis par télégraphie sans fil, soit une image photographique obtenue sur une surface radiosensible à l'aide d'un rayonnement autre que la lumière visible, comme les rayons X ou gamma.

1. Wireless Message C1 formal

   A message sent via wireless telegraphy, typically using radio waves.

   • The captain received a radiogram from the mainland.
   • During the war, radiograms were a vital means of communication.
   • He decoded the radiogram and relayed the information to the team.

   🇫🇷radiogramme

2. Radiographic Image C1 formal medical

   A photographic image created on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light, such as X-rays or gamma rays.

   • The doctor examined the radiogram for any signs of fracture.
   • Radiograms are essential tools in medical diagnostics.
   • The technician developed the radiogram in the darkroom.

   🇫🇷Radiographie (image)

   Synonymes: radiographroentgenogramskiagramx-rayx-ray photograph

• radiograms plural form
• radiograms' possessive plural form
• radiogram's possessive singular form