X-ray

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  • IPA: [ˈeksˈrei]

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X-ray

  1. The letter X in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

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An early radiograph of Albert von Kölliker's left hand taken at a public lecture on 23 January 1896 by Wilhelm Röntgen, the discoverer of X-rays.
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Transliteration of German X-Strahl, coined by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen upon his discovery of the rays in 1895, x signifying their unknown nature.

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X-ray (plural X-rays)

  1. 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.
  2. A radiograph: a photograph made with X-rays.
    "The doctor ordered some X-rays of my injured wrist."
  3. An X-ray machine.
  4. The letter X in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

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X-ray (third-person singular simple present X-rays, present participle X-raying, simple past and past participle X-rayed)

  1. (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!

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X-ray (not comparable)

  1. Of or having to do with X-rays.
    I had to put my bags through an X-ray scanner at the airport.

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