X-ray
99
3.2
- noun
- /ˈɛksˌreɪ/
- Specialized
:
rayos X
- After the accident, she needed an X-ray to determine if her arm was fractured.
- an X-ray source
- an X-ray detector
- emit X-rays
Well, I avoid X-rays and CT scans unless I have to.
- Well, I avoid X-rays and CT scans unless I have to.
- And we have the wavelength of the X-rays.
- And so Eulisdic proposed that they analyze it with X-ray fluorescence.
- Just that I'm pretty sure at those voltages I would create some pulses of X-ray, so let's not do it very long.
- They're also on a spectrum from soft X-rays to hard X-rays.
- I had no idea an X-ray could do such a thing.
Examples
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You can have a normal chest X-ray and still have TB.
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The bones, therefore, show up in the X-ray photograph as opaque patches.
Academic text (1999) -
On the X ray it looks like you pulled your shoulder loose.
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We're gonna do chest X rays.
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I had no idea an X-ray could do such a thing.
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I'm afraid we'll now have to wait for the X-rays, Doctor, or we'll never find the bullet.
Fiction book (1997) -
Often, suspected fractures require X-rays and expert assessment, and ED attendance may be indicated.
Academic text (2012) -
Barb came along, and we waited outside the X-ray room until a technician appeared and called my name.
Fiction book (2000) -
Moving on to an X-ray of Kennedy's skull, multiple fractures are evident.
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Observing flares in the ultraviolet and X-ray region was one of the Solar Maximum Mission's major goals.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
High-energy rays used to make images inside the body
People use a very short wave of energy to take pictures of the inside of the body
How Energetic
- Specialized
21
4.2
- Specialized
99
3.2
- Specialized
14
5.1
- Specialized
10
3.4
- Specialized
5
4.8
- Specialized
55
3.7
- Specialized
19
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
X-ray was named by a German scientist, Wilhelm Röntgen, who used X to mean 'unknown' when he discovered a new invisible kind of ray. So an X-ray is a 'mysterious' ray, which is why we use X-rays to look inside the body and for security scans.