X-ray
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English
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Etymology
Transliteration of German X-Strahl, coined by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen upon his discovery of the rays in 1895, x signifying their unknown nature.
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Noun
X-ray
- 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.
- (Colloquial) A photograph made with X-rays. The proper term for this is "radiograph."
- "The doctor ordered some X-rays of my injured wrist."
- An X-ray machine.
- The letter X in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
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Translations
- Catalan: raig X m (1), radiografia f (2)
- Chinese: X射线, 爱克斯射线 (1)
- Dutch: röntgenstraal f (1), röntgenfoto f (2), röntgenapparaat n (3)
- Finnish: röntgensäteily (1), röntgenkuva (2), röntgenlaite (3)
- French: rayon X m (1), rayon Röntgen m (1), radiographie f (2),
- German: Röntgenstrahl (1), Röntgenbild (2), Röntgenapparat (3)
- Hebrew:
- Indonesian: ronsen / rontgen (1), sinar-X (2)
- Interlingua: rayos röntgen (1), röntgenogramma (2)
- Japanese: レントゲン (rentogen) (1), X線 / エックス線 (エックスせん, ekkusu-sen) (2)
- Spanish: rayo X m (1), radiografía f (2)
- Volapük: räyastrals (1), räyöf (2), räyöm (3)
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Transitive verb
X-ray
- (Colloquial) To expose film with X-ray radiation, especially for the purpose of medical diagnostic evaluation. Properly, the way to express this is "take a radiograph of".
- Of course there was nothing wrong with my left wrist. They X-rayed the wrong arm!"
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Translations
- Dutch: doorlichten, bestralen, röntgenen, met röntgenstralen onderzoeken
- Finnish: ottaa röntgenkuva, röntgenkuvata
- French: radiographier, soumettre à un examen radiographique
- German: röntgen
- Hebrew: צִילֵּם בְּקַרְנֵי רֶנְטְגֶן
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Adjective
X-ray
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