Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun powder_method

1 sense of powder method

Sense 1
powder photography, powder method, powder technique -- (a process for identifying minerals or crystals; a small rod is coated with a powdered form of the substance and subjected to suitably modified X-rays; the pattern of diffracted rings is used for identification)
       => photography -- (the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces)