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Kirlian

  1. of or pertaining to the Russian inventor Semyon Davidovich Kirlian
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From the inventor's surname.

  1. Of or pertaining to the Russian inventor Semyon Davidovich Kirlian, and to his process of recording corona discharges from the surface of objects onto photographic plates.

    "It is not the purpose of this chapter to debate the meaning of the Kirlian effect but to provide step-by-step instructions on how to build your own Kirlian apparatus so that you can experiment with it in your own garage."

    "The roots of Kirlian photography are in observations of patterns produced in resin dust by high-voltage discharges."

name

Etymology: From the inventor's surname.

  1. A surname from Russian.