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tomography
 
 
(tuh-MOG-ruh-fee) A procedure by which waves are sent through an object and computers produce images of cross sections of the object by using information on how the waves are changed. Both ultrasound and CAT scans are medical uses of this technique, but it is also widely used in science and industry.  1
 
 
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