Definitions for x-rayˈɛksˌreɪ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

x-rayˈɛksˌreɪ(n.; v.)x-rayed or X-rayed, x-ray•ing or X-ray•ing

or X-ray

  1. Often, x-rays. electromagnetic radiation having wavelengths in the range of approximately 0.1–10 nm, between ultraviolet radiation and gamma rays, and capable of penetrating solids and of ionizing gases.

    Category: Physics

  2. a radiograph made by x-rays.

    Category: Physics

  3. (v.t.)to photograph, examine, or treat with x-rays.

  4. (adj.)of or pertaining to x-rays.

    Category: Physics

Origin of x-ray:

1895–1900; trans. of G X-Strahl (1895)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. X ray, X-ray, X-radiation, roentgen ray(noun)

    electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target

  2. roentgenogram, X ray, X-ray, X-ray picture, X-ray photograph(verb)

    a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis

  3. x-ray(verb)

    examine by taking x-rays

  4. x-ray(verb)

    take an x-ray of something or somebody

    "The doctor x-rayed my chest"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. X-ray(noun)ˈɛksˌreɪ

    a picture of the inside of sth produced using radiation

    We'll take an x-ray of his arm.

Wiktionary

  1. X-ray(Noun)

    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. X-ray(Noun)

    A radiograph: a photograph made with X-rays.

    "The doctor ordered some X-rays of my injured wrist."

  3. X-ray(Verb)

    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!

  4. X-ray(Adjective)

    Of or having to do with X-rays.

    I had to put my bags through an X-ray scanner at the airport.

  5. Origin: Transliteration of X-Strahl, coined by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen upon his discovery of the rays in 1895, x signifying their unknown nature.


Translations for x-ray

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

X-ray(noun)

(the process of taking) a photograph using X-rays

I'm going to hospital for an X-ray; We'll take an X-ray of your chest; (also adjective) an X-ray photograph.

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