T-ray

See also: tray

English

Etymology

T (“terahertz”) +‎ ray, modeled after X-ray, coined in Bell Labs in the 1990s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːˌɹeɪ/

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Noun

T-ray (plural T-rays)

1. (engineering) Electromagnetic waves with frequencies intermediate between, and sharing properties of both, short radio waves and long IR optical waves. This region is defined variously as between 0.1 - 10 THz, 0.3-3 THz or 0.3-30 THz.

   Synonyms: submillimeter wave radiation, terahertz radiation, T-wave

   • 2000 July 2, Robin McKie, “T-rays take over from X-rays”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Military officials believe T-rays could pinpoint the chemical constituents of anti-personnel mines, and spot terrorists carrying explosives into airports. Doctors are interested in T-rays because they are less damaging to living tissue than X-rays.

Further reading

• terahertz radiation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Derek Abbott, Xi-Cheng Zhang (2007 August) “Scanning the Issue: T-Ray Imaging, Sensing, and Retection”, in Proceedings of the IEEE‎^[2], volume 95, number 8, →DOI

Anagrams

• Arty, arty