Definitions for x-ray tube

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

x-ray tube(n.)

  1. an electronic tube for producing x-rays, essentially a cathode-ray tube in which a metal target is bombarded with high-energy electrons.

    Category: Electronics, Physics

Origin of x-ray tube:

1905–10

Princeton's WordNet

  1. X-ray tube(noun)

    a vacuum tube containing a metal target onto which a beam of electrons is directed at high energy for the generation of X rays

Wiktionary

  1. X-ray tube(Noun)

    A device that produces X-rays by directing energetic electrons into a metal target.


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