thermogram
(ˈθɜːməgræm)
[f. thermo- + -gram: cf. next.]
1. = next, 2.
| 1883 R. H. Scott Elem. Meteorol. 38 The thermograms, as such curves are called, are measured every hour. 1901 Nature 28 Mar. 522/2 During each winter the Vienna thermograms show some anomalous jumps of temperature, amounting to 3° to 5° C. |
2. A photograph or image produced by infra-red radiation emanating naturally from the subject under study.
| 1957 Canad. Services Med. Jrnl. 523 (caption) Thermo⁓gram lower left showed an area of increased heat. 1964 Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol. XCI. 919/2 The normal breast in the thermogram can be recognized by its size, shape and the heat pattern of the overlying skin. 1967 Idle Moments (Austral.) Oct. 5/2 Thermograms..are taken in total darkness, since they are photographic reproductions of infra-red radiations of longer wavelength emitted by the object itself. 1968 New Scientist 1 Feb. 263/3 A pair of ‘thermograms’ of the crater Tycho. |