thermography

American  

[ther-mog-ruh-fee] / θərˈmɒg rə fi /

noun

1. a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.

2. Medicine/Medical. a technique for measuring regional skin temperatures, used especially as a screening method for detection of breast cancer.

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thermography British  

/ θɜːˈmɒɡrəfɪ, ˌθɜːməʊˈɡræfɪk /

noun

1. any writing, printing, or recording process involving the use of heat

2. a printing process which produces raised characters by heating special powder or ink placed on the paper

3. med the measurement and recording of heat produced by a part of the body: used in the diagnosis of tumours, esp of the breast ( mammothermography ), which have an increased blood supply and therefore generate more heat than normal tissue See also thermogram

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Other Word Forms

• thermographer noun
• thermographic adjective
• thermographically adverb

Etymology

Origin of thermography

First recorded in 1830–40; thermo- + -graphy

Example Sentences

The approach provides richer information about imaged objects, which could broaden the use of thermal imaging in fields such as autonomous navigation, security, thermography, medical imaging and remote sensing.

From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2024

Spectro-polarimetric imaging in the long-wave infrared is crucial for applications such as night vision, machine vision, trace gas sensing and thermography.

From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2024

He connected with a Canadian Olympic rowing coach who used thermography — heat maps — to help gauge recovery time.

From New York Times • May 9, 2022

Fire officials say the device is a thermography camera that is designed to locate and analyze the telltale signs of a wildfire.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2019

One promising use of thermography is in medicine.

From Time Magazine Archive