Kirlian photography

Kirlian photography
Kir·li·an pho·tog·ra·phy (kērґle-ən) [Semyon Kirlian, Russian electrician, 20th century, and Valentina Kirliana, Russian journalist, 20th century] see under photography.

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  • Kirlian photography — refers to a form of photogram made with a high voltage. It is named after Semyon Kirlian, who in 1939 accidentally discovered that if an object on a photographic plate is connected to a source of high voltage, small corona discharges (created by… …   Wikipedia

  • Kirlian photography — [kir′lē ən] n. [after S. Kirlian, its Soviet developer (1939)] a method of capturing on a photographic plate an image of what is thought by some to be an aura of energy that emanates from animals and plants and that undergoes changes in… …   English World dictionary

  • Kirlian photography — noun Etymology: Semiticën D. Kirlian died 1978 and Valentina Kh. Kirlian died 1971 Soviet inventors Date: 1972 a process in which an image is obtained by application of a high frequency electric field to an object so that it radiates a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • kirlian photography — ˌki(ə)rlēən noun Usage: usually capitalized K Etymology: after Semiticën D. Kirlian died 1978 and Valentina Kh. Kirlian died 1971 Soviet inventors : a process in which an image is obtained by application of a high frequency electrical field to an …   Useful english dictionary

  • Kirlian photography — /kear lee euhn/ a photographic process that supposedly records electrical discharges naturally emanating from living objects, producing an auralike glow surrounding the object on a photographic plate or film with which the object is in direct… …   Universalium

  • Kirlian photography — [ kə:lɪən] noun a technique for recording images of corona discharges and hence, supposedly, the auras of living creatures. Origin 1970s: from the name of the Russian electricians Semyon D. and Valentina K. Kirlian …   English new terms dictionary

  • Kirlian photography — Kir′li•an photog′raphy [[t]ˈkɪər li ən[/t]] n. pht a photographic process that purportedly records electrical discharges naturally emanating from living objects in the form of an auralike glow • Etymology: 1970–75; after Semyon D. and Valentina K …   From formal English to slang

  • Kirlian photography — a photographic technique in which a high voltage current passed over a subject in contact with photographic film or paper produces an image surrounded by a luminous radiation, or aura, which some claim is a bioenergetic field that can reveal… …   Medical dictionary

  • Photography — is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light sensitive material such as photographic… …   Wikipedia

  • Kirlian Camera — can mean:*a device used for Kirlian photography *the electronic darkwave band Kirlian Camera …   Wikipedia

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