x-ray
see also: X-ray
Noun
X-ray
Pronunciation Noun
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see also: X-ray
Noun
x-ray (plural x-rays)
- Alternative spelling of X-ray
x-ray (x-rays, present participle x-raying; past and past participle x-rayed)
- Alternative spelling of X-ray
X-ray
Pronunciation Noun
x-ray
- Short wavelength electromagnetic radiation usually produced by bombarding a metal target in a vacuum. Used to create images of the internal structure of objects; this is possible because X-rays pass through most objects and can expose photographic film.
- X-rays are light with a wavelength between 0.1 and 10 nm.
- A radiograph: a photograph made with X-rays.
- "The doctor ordered some X-rays of my injured wrist."
- An X-ray machine.
- The letter X in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
- (radiation) Röntgen radiation / Rontgen radiation / Roentgen radiation
- (radiation) Röntgen rays / Rontgen rays / Roentgen rays
- (radiation) X-ray radiation
- French: rayon X, rayon Röntgen
- German: Röntgenstrahl
- Portuguese: raio X
- Russian: рентге́новский луч
- Spanish: rayo X
- French: radiographie
- German: Röntgenbild
- Italian: radiografia
- Portuguese: raio X, radiografia, chapa
- Russian: рентге́н
- Spanish: radiografía
- German: Röntgenapparat
- Portuguese: máquina de raio X
- Russian: рентге́н
- Italian: xeres
x-ray (x-rays, present participle x-raying; past and past participle x-rayed)
- (transitive, informal) To take a radiograph of; to obtain an image of using X-ray radiation, especially for the purpose of medical diagnostic evaluation.
- Of course there was nothing wrong with my left wrist. They X-rayed the wrong arm!
- French: radiographier, soumettre à un examen radiographique
- German: röntgen
- Italian: radiografare, schermografare
- Portuguese: tirar (um) raio X (de), tirar uma chapa (de)
- Russian: просве́чивать
- Spanish: radiografiar
x-ray (not comparable)
- Of or having to do with X-rays.
- I had to put my bags through an X-ray scanner at the airport.
- 1974, Shel Silverstein, “Who”, Where the Sidewalk Ends, HarperCollins:
- Who will fly and have X-ray eyes— And be known as the man no bullet can kill?
- Italian: radiografico
- Russian: рентге́новский
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