Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SHADOWGRAPH
radiogram, radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagraph, skiagram
(noun) a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shadowgraph (plural shadowgraphs)
A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram.
(physics) An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index
Verb
shadowgraph (third-person singular simple present shadowgraphs, present participle shadowgraphing, simple past and past participle shadowgraphed)
(transitive) To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen.
(photography) To take a picture by means of X-ray, radium, or similar source of actinic radiation.
Source: Wiktionary
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