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X-ray
Alternative form of Xray of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet 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. From X ray calque of German X-Strahl Wilhelm Röntgen upon his discovery of the rays in 1895, where X signifies their unknown nature. The chess sense is metaphorical, referring to control passing through a seemingly solid barrier.
X -ray plural X-rays
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 .
Synonyms: Röntgen radiation Roentgen-ray 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.
2012 June 2, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Belgium”, in BBC Sport [1] And this friendly was not without its injury worries, with defender Gary Cahill substituted early on after a nasty, needless push by Dries Mertens that caused him to collide with goalkeeper Joe Hart, an incident that left the Chelsea defender requiring a precautionary X-ray at Wembley.
An X-ray machine .
( chess ) tactical motif where a piece exerts influence or control over a square , piece , or line indirectly through another intervening piece .short wavelength electromagnetic radiation
Albanian: rreze X f
Arabic: أَشِعَّة إِكْس m pl ( ʔašiʕʕat ʔeks ) , أَشِعَّة سِينِيَّة (ar) m pl ( ʔašiʕʕa siniyya )
Armenian: ռենտգենյան ճառագայթ ( ṙentgenyan čaṙagaytʻ )
Azerbaijani: rentgen şüaları pl
Belarusian: рэнтге́н m ( renthjén ) , рэнтге́наўскі праме́нь m ( renthjénawski pramjénʹ )
Bulgarian: ре́нтген m ( réntgen ) , ре́нтгенов лъч m ( réntgenov lǎč )
Burmese: အိတ်ဇ်ရေး ( itjre: ) , ဓာတ်မှန် (my) ( dhathman )
Catalan: raig X m
Chinese:
Cantonese: X光 ( iks1 gwong1 , ik1 si4 gwong1 )
Dungan: рентген ( ri͡əntgi͡ən ) , гуонщян ( guonxi͡an )
Hokkien: X光線 / X光线 ( X kng-soàⁿ )
Mandarin: 艾克斯射線 / 艾克斯射线 ( àikèsī shèxiàn ) , 愛克斯射線 / 爱克斯射线 (zh) ( àikèsī shèxiàn ) , X射線 / X射线 (zh) ( X shèxiàn ) , X光 (zh) ( X guāng ) , 愛克斯光 / 爱克斯光 (zh) ( àikèsī guāng )
Cornish: dewyn X m golowyn X m
Czech: rentgen (cs) m rentgenové záření n rentgenový paprsek m
Danish: røntgenstråle c
Dutch: röntgenstraal (nl) f
Esperanto: ikso-radioj rentgena radiado x-radiado
Estonian: röntgenikiir röntgen (et)
Finnish: röntgensäteily (fi)
French: rayon X (fr) m rayon Röntgen m
Galician: raios X (gl) m pl
Georgian: რენტგენის სხივი ( renṭgenis sxivi )
German: Röntgenstrahl (de) m
Greek: ακτίνα Χ (el) f ( aktína Ch ) , ακτινοβολία Χ f ( aktinovolía Ch )
Gujarati: ક્ષ-કિરણ ( kṣa-kiraṇ )
Hebrew: קַרנֵי רֶנְטְגֶן f ( karné réntgen )
Hindi: एक्स-रे ( eks-re ) , क्ष-किरण f ( kṣ-kiraṇ )
Hungarian: röntgensugárzás (hu)
Indonesian: ronsen (id) , rontgen (id) , sinar-X radiasi-X
Interlingua: rayos röntgen
Irish: X-gha m
Italian: raggi X (it) m pl
Japanese: X線 (ja) ( ekkusu sen ) , エックス線 (ja) ( ekkusu sen ) , レントゲン (ja) ( rentogen )
Kazakh: рентген (kk) ( rentgen ) , рентген сәулесі ( rentgen säulesı )
Khmer: កាំរស្មី X ( kamrĕəʼsməyX ) , កាំរស្មីអ៊ិច ( kamrĕəʼsməy ʼɨc )
Korean: X선 ( ekseuseon ) , 엑스선 ( ekseuseon ) , X레이 ( ekseurei ) , 엑스레이 ( ekseurei ) , 뢴트겐 (ko) ( roenteugen )
Kyrgyz: рентген (ky) ( rentgen ) , рентген нуру ( rentgen nuru ) , рентген нурлары pl ( rentgen nurları )
Latvian: rentgens m rentgena stari
Lithuanian: rentgenas m
Macedonian: рендгенски зрак m ( rendgenski zrak ) , рендген m ( rendgen )
Malay: sinar-X (ms) , X-ray (ms)
Melanau:
Central Melanau: X-ray
Norwegian:
Bokmål: røntgenstråle m
Nynorsk: røntgenstråle m
Occitan: rai X (oc) m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: پَرْتُوْیِ ایکْس ( partavi-ye iks ) , شُعَاعِ ایکْس ( šo'â'-e iks )
Polish: promieniowanie rentgenowskie n
Portuguese: raios X m pl
Romanian: raze X (ro) f pl raze Roentgen f pl
Russian: рентге́новский луч m ( rentgénovskij luč ) , рентге́н (ru) m ( rentgén )
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: rentgensko zračenje n rentgen (sh) m rendgensko zračenje n rendgen (sh) m
Slovak: röntgen m röntgenové žiarenie n röntgenový lúč m
Slovene: rentgenski žarek m rentgen m
Spanish: rayos X (es) m pl
Swahili: eksirei uyoka
Swedish: röntgenstråle (sv) c
Tagalog: rayos-ekis X-ray
Tajik: рентген ( rentgen ) , шуоъи рентгенӣ ( šuo'-i rentgeni )
Thai: เอ็กซ์เรย์ ( èk-ree ) , รังสีเอกซ์ ( rang-sǐi-èk )
Turkish: X ışını
Turkmen: rentgen rentgen şöhlesi
Ukrainian: рентге́н m ( renthén ) , рентге́нівський про́мінь m ( renthénivsʹkyj próminʹ )
Urdu: ایکْس شُعَاع ( eks śu'ā' ) , ایکْس رے m ( eks re )
Uyghur: X نۇرى ( X nuri )
Uzbek: rentgen nurlari pl rentgen (uz)
Vietnamese: tia X (vi)
Volapük: räyastrals
Welsh: pelydr X m
photograph made with X-rays
Arabic: صُورَة أَشِعَّة f ( ṣūra(t) ʔašiʕʕa )
Armenian: ռենտգեն (hy) ( ṙentgen )
Belarusian: рэнтге́н m ( renthjén )
Bulgarian: ре́нтген m ( réntgen )
Catalan: radiografia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: X光片 (zh) ( X-guāngpiàn ) , X光照片 ( X-guāng zhàopiàn ) , X線照片 / X线照片 ( X-xiàn zhàopiàn ) , 片子 (zh) ( piānzi )
Czech: RTG (cs) n rentgen (cs) m
Danish: røntgenbillede n
Dutch: röntgenfoto (nl) f
Finnish: röntgenkuva (fi)
French: radiographie (fr) f
Galician: radiografía (gl)
Georgian: რენტგენოგრამა ( renṭgenograma )
German: Röntgenbild (de) n
Greek: ακτινογραφία (el) f ( aktinografía )
Hebrew: צילום רנטגן (he) m ( tsilúm réntgen )
Hungarian: röntgen (hu)
Indonesian: sinar-X
Interlingua: röntgenogramma
Irish: X-ghathú m
Italian: radiografia (it) f
Japanese: レントゲン 写真 ( rentogen shashin )
Korean: X레이 사진 ( ekseurei sajin ) , 엑스레이 사진 ( ekseurei sajin ) , 뢴트겐 사진 ( roenteugen sajin )
Macedonian: рендген m ( rendgen ) , рендген m ( rendgen )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: røntgenbilde n
Nynorsk: røntgenbilde n røntgenbilete n
Occitan: radiografia f
Polish: prześwietlenie (pl) n zdjęcie rentgenowskie n
Portuguese: raio-X m radiografia (pt) f
Romanian: radiografie (ro)
Russian: рентге́н (ru) m ( rentgén ) , рентгеногра́мма (ru) f ( rentgenográmma )
Sardinian: lastra f
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: radiogram (sh) m rentgen (sh) m rendgen (sh) m
Slovak: röntgen m
Spanish: radiografía (es) f
Swahili: eksirei
Swedish: röntgenbild (sv) c
Turkish: röntgen (tr)
Ukrainian: рентге́н m ( renthén )
Volapük: räyöf
X -ray third-person singular simple present X-rays present participle X-raying simple past and past participle X-rayed
( transitive , informal ) 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!
1925 , Sidney Coe Howard, They Knew What They Wanted (Doubleday, Page and Company), Act II, page 116.
Both legs broken in the morning. Tibia, fibula, femur, and ischium. X-rayed and set inside of an hour after the accident. ( transitive , chess ) piece , to exert indirect influence , by either attacking , defending , or controlling an opponent 's or friendly piece through an intervening piece along a rank , file , or diagonal .to take a radiograph of
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拍 X光 ( pāi X-guāng ) , 照 X光 ( zhào X-guāng )
Cornish: X-dewynya
Dutch: doorlichten (nl) , bestralen (nl) , röntgenen (nl) , met röntgenstralen onderzoeken
Finnish: ottaa röntgenkuva röntgenkuvata
French: radiographier (fr) , soumettre à un examen radiographique
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: röntgen (de)
Greek: ακτινοσκοπώ (el) ( aktinoskopó )
Hebrew: צילם ( tsilém )
Hungarian: röntgenez (hu)
Icelandic: gegnumlýsa
Irish: X-ghathaigh
Italian: radiografare (it) , schermografare
Japanese: レントゲン を 撮る ( rentogen wo toru )
Korean: X레이 를 찍다 ( ekseurei-reul jjikda ) , 엑스레이 를 찍다 ( ekseurei-reul jjikda )
Norman: x-rayer
Norwegian:
Bokmål: røntgenfotografere
Nynorsk: røntgenfotografere
Polish: prześwietlać (pl) impf prześwietlić (pl) pf
Portuguese: tirar (um ) raio X (de )tirar uma chapa (de )
Russian: просве́чивать (ru) impf ( prosvéčivatʹ ) , просвети́ть (ru) pf ( prosvetítʹ )
Slovak: röntgenovať
Spanish: radiografiar (es)
Swedish: röntga (sv)
Tagalog: rayos-ekisin
Ukrainian: робити рентген ( robyty renthen )
X -ray not comparable )
Of or relating to X-rays.
I had to put my bags through an X-ray scanner at the airport.
of or having to do with X-rays
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