Definitions for x-ray tube
x-ray tube

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1. X-ray tubenoun

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

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1. X-ray tubenoun

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

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1. X-ray tube

   An X-ray tube is a vacuum tube that converts electrical input power into X-rays. The availability of this controllable source of X-rays created the field of radiography, the imaging of partly opaque objects with penetrating radiation. In contrast to other sources of ionizing radiation, X-rays are only produced as long as the X-ray tube is energized. X-ray tubes are also used in CT scanners, airport luggage scanners, X-ray crystallography, material and structure analysis, and for industrial inspection. Increasing demand for high-performance Computed tomography (CT) scanning and angiography systems has driven development of very high performance medical X-ray tubes.

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1. x-ray tube

   An x-ray tube is a vacuum-sealed device used for producing x-rays in medical diagnostics, industrial inspections, and research. It works by accelerating electrons in vacuum towards a metal target, where the high-energy electrons interact with the target material to produce x-rays. The key components of an x-ray tube typically include a cathode, which emits electrons, and an anode, which collects electrons, and typically also a vacuum environment.

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1. X-ray tube

   An X-ray tube is a vacuum tube, that produces X-rays. They are used in X-ray machines. X-rays are part of the electromagnetic spectrum, an ionizing radiation with wavelengths shorter than ultraviolet light. X-ray tubes evolved from experimental Crookes tubes with which X-rays were first discovered in the late 19th century, and the availability of this controllable source of X-rays created the field of radiography, the imaging of opaque objects with penetrating radiation. X-ray tubes are also used in CAT scanners, airport luggage scanners, X-ray crystallography, and for industrial inspection.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of x-ray tube in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of x-ray tube in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of x-ray tube in a Sentence

1. Gore Vidal:

   The last best hope of earth, two trillion dollars in debt, is spinning out of control, and all we can do is stare at a flickering cathode-ray tube as Ollie answers questions on TV while the press, resolutely irrelevant as ever, asks politicians if they have committed adultery. From V-J Day 1945 to this has been, my fellow countrymen, a perfect nightmare.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=x-ray tube
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/X-Ray_Tube
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Ray_Tube
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=x-ray tube