kirlian photography

Kir·li·an photog·raphy

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Definitions of kirlian photography words

noun kirlian photography 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 contact. 1
noun kirlian photography a process that is said to record directly on photographic film the field radiation of electricity emitted by an object to which an electric charge has been applied 0
noun kirlian photography 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 accordance with physiological or emotional changes 0

before 1970

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1970-75; after Semyon D. and Valentina K. Kirlian, Russian technicians who developed the process

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