X-ray

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Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈeksˈrei]

Symbol

X-ray

1. The letter X in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

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English

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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Etymology

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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Noun

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.

Translations

short wavelength electromagnetic radiation

Arabic: أشعة إكس (ar) ('ashi33at 'eks) m. pl., أشعة سينية (ar) ('ashi33a siniyya) m. pl. Armenian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: raig X (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 艾克斯射線 (cmn), 艾克斯射线 (cmn) (àikèsī-shèxiàn), 愛克斯射線 (cmn), 爱克斯射线 (cmn) (àikèsī-shèxiàn), X射線 (cmn), X射线 (cmn) (X-shèxiàn), X光 (cmn) (X-guāng) Czech: rentgen (cs) m. Danish: røntgenstråling (da) Dutch: röntgenstraal f. Finnish: röntgensäteily (fi) French: rayon X (fr) m., rayon Röntgen (fr) m. Georgian: რენტგენის სხივი (ka) (rentgenis sxivi) German: Röntgenstrahl (de) m. Greek: ακτίνα Χ (el) (aktína CH) f., ακτινοβολία Χ (el) (aktinovolía CH) f.

Hebrew: קרני רנטגן (he) (qārney rentgen) Hindi: एक्स-रे (hi) (eks-rē) Hungarian: röntgensugárzás (hu) Indonesian: ronsen (id), rontgen (id) Interlingua: rayos röntgen (ia) Irish: X-gha (ga) m. Japanese: X線 (ja) (ekkusu-sen), エックス線 (ja) (ekkusu-sen), レントゲン (ja) (rentogen) Persian: پرتوی ایکس (fa) Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: рентгеновский луч (ru) (rentgénovskij luč) m., рентген (ru) (rentgén) m. Serbo-Croatian: rentgensko zračenje (sh), rentgen (sh), rendgensko zračenje (sh), rendgen (sh) Spanish: rayo X (es) m. Swedish: röntgenstråle (sv) c. Turkish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: tia X (vi) Volapük: räyastrals (vo)

photograph made with X-rays

Catalan: radiografia (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: X光照片 (cmn) (X-guāng zhàopiàn) Czech: RTG (cs) n. Danish: røntgenbillede (da) n. Dutch: röntgenfoto (nl) f. Finnish: röntgenkuva (fi) French: radiographie (fr) f. Georgian: რენტგენოგრამა (ka) (rentgenograma) German: Röntgenbild (de) n. Greek: ακτινογραφία (el) (aktinografía) f. Hebrew: צילום רנטגן (he) (tsilum rentgen) m.

Hungarian: röntgen (hu) Indonesian: sinar-X (id) Interlingua: röntgenogramma (ia) Irish: X-ghathú (ga) m. Italian: radiografia (it) f. Japanese: レントゲン写真 (ja) (rentogen-shashin) Russian: рентген (ru) (rentgén) m., рентгенограмма (ru) (rentgenográmma) f. Serbo-Croatian: radiogram (sh), rentgen (sh), rendgen (sh) Spanish: radiografía (es) f. Swedish: röntgenbild (sv) c. Volapük: räyöf (vo)

X-ray machine

Czech: rentgen (cs) m. Dutch: röntgenapparaat (nl) n. Finnish: röntgenlaite (fi) German: Röntgenapparat (de) m. Greek: ακτινογράφος (el) (aktinográfos) m. Hebrew: מכונת רנטגן (he) (meḥonāt rentgen) f. Hungarian: röntgenberendezés (hu)

Japanese: レントゲン撮影装置 (ja) (rentogen-satsueisochi), エックス線撮影装置 (ja) (ekkusu-sensatsueisōchi) Navajo: beeʼaghádaʼdildlaadí Russian: рентген (ru) (rentgén) m. Serbo-Croatian: rentgen (sh), rendgen (sh) Swedish: röntgenapparat (sv) c. Volapük: räyöm (vo)

the letter "X" in ICAO spelling alphabet

Estonian: Iks (et)

Finnish: äksä (fi)

Synonyms

• (radiation): Röntgen radiation / Rontgen radiation / Roentgen radiation
• (radiation): Röntgen rays / Rontgen rays / Roentgen rays
• (radiation): X-ray radiation

Derived terms

• X-ray astronomy
• X-ray crystallography
• X-ray diffraction
• X-ray fluorescence
• X-ray microscope
• X-ray spectrometry
• X-ray telescope
• X-ray tube
• soft X-ray
• hard X-ray

Related terms

• T-ray
• gamma ray

Verb

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!

Translations

to take a radiograph of

Dutch: doorlichten (nl), bestralen (nl), röntgenen (nl), met röntgenstralen onderzoeken (nl) Finnish: ottaa röntgenkuva (fi), röntgenkuvata (fi) French: radiographier (fr), soumettre à un examen radiographique (fr) German: röntgen (de) Greek: ακτινοσκοπώ (el) (aktinoskopó) Hungarian: röntgenez (hu)

Icelandic: gegnumlýsa (is) Irish: X-ghathaigh (ga) Italian: radiografare (it), schermografare (it) Japanese: レントゲンを撮る (ja) (rentogen wo toru) Russian: просвечивать (ru) (prosv'éčivat')impf., просветить (ru) (prosv'etít') pf. Spanish: radiografiar (es)

Adjective

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.

Translations

of or having to do with X-rays

Hungarian: röntgen (hu) Icelandic: röntgen- (is) Irish: X-ghathach (ga)

Italian: radiografico (it) Russian: рентгеновский (ru) (r'entg'énovskij)

External links

• A picture of an X-ray photograph.
• A picture of an X-ray machine