ˌki(ə)rlēən- noun
Usage: usually capitalized K
Etymology: after Semiticën D. Kirlian died 1978 and Valentina Kh. Kirlian died 1971 Soviet inventors
: a process in which an image is obtained by application of a high-frequency electrical field to an object (as a leaf or metal coin) so that it radiates a characteristic pattern of luminescence that is recorded on photographic film
• kirlian photograph noun , usually capitalized K