Grapho- Words Meaning Write, Record: “scotograph” to “stylography”,
Part 10 of 11.
Words that include: grapho-, graph-, -graph, -graphy,
-grapher, -graphia
(Greek: to scratch; write, record, draw, describe).
scotograph:
An instrument for writing when unable to see.
scotography:
1. Writing in the dark or without seeing.
2. An appliance for aiding one to write in straight lines in the dark or for aiding the blind to write, as used by the historian W.H. Prescott.
seismographer:
A specialist in the field of seismology.
seismograph:
An instrument for recording automatically the phenomena of earthquakes.
seismography, seismographic:
The descriptive science of earthquakes; also, the use of the seismograph in recording disturbances on the crust of the earth.
selenography:
The description and delineation of the moon’s surface; the descriptive science relating to the moon; lunarography.
sematography, sematographic:
The use of symbols other than letters in writing.
semeiography, semeiograph, semeiographic, semiography, semiograph:
A system of symbolic notation.
serigraphy:
The art or process of printing original designs with the silk-screen method.
somnocinematograph:
A device for recording the movements made by sleepers.
somnocinematography:
The process or technique of recording movements during sleep. Also: polycinematosomnography.
sphenography, sphenograph, sphenographic:
The art of writing and deciphering cuneiform characters.
sphygmotonograph:
An instrument for recording graphically both the pulse and the blood pressure.
spirograph:
A device for representing graphically the depth and rapidity of respiratory movements.
steganography [steg" uhn AHG ruh fee], steganograph,
steganographic:
1. The art of writing in ciphers (written codes) or characters that are not intelligible, except to the persons who correspond with each other; cryptography (secret writing).
2. The art and science of communicating in a way that hides the existence of the communication. Steganography attempts to hide messages inside other harmless messages in such a way that third parties cannot detect the existence of the concealed message.
3. The science of communicating in a way that hides the existence of the actual communication. The practice of hiding information in a wider bandwidth carrier. This field covers the techniques used in digital watermarking schemes.
4. In cryptography, steganography refers not only to the obfuscating (encrypting) data, but hiding the fact that it even exists.
5. The art and science of hiding information by embedding messages within other, seemingly harmless messages.
Steganography works by replacing bits of useless or unused data in regular computer files (such as graphics, sound, text, HTML, or even floppy disks ) with bits of different, invisible information. This hidden information can be plain text, cipher text, or even images. Unlike encryption, steganography cannot be detected. Therefore, it is used when encryption is not permitted; or, more commonly, steganography is used to supplement encryption.
An encrypted file may still hide much information by using steganography, so even if the encrypted file is deciphered, the hidden message is not seen. Steganography (literally, “covered writing”) dates back to ancient Greece, where common practices consisted of etching messages in wooden tablets and covering them with wax, and/or tattooing a shaved messenger’s head, letting his hair grow back, then shaving it again when he arrived at his contact point.
steganographist:
One who practices the art of writing in cipher.
stelography, stelograph, stelographic:
1. The practice of chiseling commemorative inscriptions in pillars, tablets, and stelae.
2. Any inscription so done.
stenographer:
One who writes shorthand.
stenography, stenograph, stenographic, stenographical:
The art of writing in shorthand.
stethograph:
An apparatus for recording the respiratory movements of the chest.
stratigraphy:
The branch of geology that is concerned with the order and relative position of the strata of the earth’s crust.
stylography, stylograph, stylographic, stylographical:
The art of drawing, writing, or engraving with a stylus or similar instrument.