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X-ray   /ˈɛksrˌeɪ/   Listen
X-ray

noun
1.
Electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target.  Synonyms: roentgen ray, X-radiation, X ray.
2.
A radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis.  Synonyms: roentgenogram, X-ray photograph, X-ray picture, X ray.



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"X-ray" Quotes from Famous Books



... photometer, a van Slyke amino nitrogen apparatus, a Warburg respirometer, pH meters, Kjeldahls, Thunbergs, et cetera. Mostly, I'm in the process of getting used to them. Also there is a high voltage X-ray generator, U. V. source and other equipment for irradiation purposes. We also have an A. E. C. license so that we can get at least microcurie amounts of the usual isotopes ...
— On Handling the Data • M. I. Mayfield

... said. "Don't open your eyes. We're going through a queer light. It has an X-ray quality. You're going to see me as ...
— The Metal Monster • A. Merritt

... a special term for what we know as ultra-violet light. To him, blue was ultra-violet, and exceedingly dangerous to red-sensitive eyes. To him, our ultra-violet was a long X-ray, and was designated by a special term. And to him—the explosion of the atostor reservoirs was a ...
— The Ultimate Weapon • John Wood Campbell

... solution with which I treated him," he pointed to Huldricksson, "I had prepared before I came here, from certain information I had. It is largely salts of radium and its base is Loeb's formula for the neutralization of radium and X-ray burns. Taking this man at once, before the degeneration had become really active, I could negative it. But after two hours I could have ...
— The Moon Pool • A. Merritt



Words linked to "X-ray" :   photograph, angiogram, snap, pneumoencephalogram, shadowgraph, see, picture taking, radiogram, shoot, roentgenogram, X-raying, nonparticulate radiation, examine, mammogram, phlebogram, skiagram, photography, X-ray machine, arthrogram, electromagnetic radiation, angiocardiogram, radiograph, arteriogram, myelogram, X-ray photography, electromagnetic wave, hysterosalpingogram, encephalogram, venogram, X-ray diffraction, ionizing radiation, skiagraph, pyelogram



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