X-ray
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Translingual
[edit]Noun
[edit]X-ray
- Alternative spelling of Xray of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From X + ray, a calque of German X-Strahl, coined by Wilhelm Röntgen upon his discovery of the rays in 1895, X signifying their unknown nature.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- 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.
- X-rays are light with a wavelength between 0.1 and 10 nm.
- A radiograph: a photograph made with X-rays.
- The doctor ordered some X-rays of my injured wrist.
- 2012 June 2, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Belgium”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- And this friendly was not without its injury worries, with defender Gary Cahill substituted early on after a nasty, needless push by Dries Mertens that caused him to collide with goalkeeper Joe Hart, an incident that left the Chelsea defender requiring a precautionary X-ray at Wembley.
- An X-ray machine.
Synonyms
[edit]- (radiation): Röntgen radiation / Rontgen radiation / Roentgen radiation
- (radiation): Röntgen rays / Rontgen rays / Roentgen rays
- (radiation): X-ray radiation
Derived terms
[edit]- hard X-ray
- soft X-ray
- X-ray absorbing glass
- X-ray astronomy
- X-ray binary
- X-ray crystallography
- X-ray diffraction
- X-ray fish
- X-ray fluorescence
- X-ray microscope
- X-ray photograph
- X-ray radiation
- X-ray specs
- X-ray spectacles
- X-ray spectrometry
- X-ray spectroscopy
- X-ray telescope
- X-ray tetra
- X-ray therapy
- X-ray tube
- X-ray vision
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]short wavelength electromagnetic radiation
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photograph made with X-rays
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X-ray machine
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Verb
[edit]X-ray (third-person singular simple present X-rays, present participle X-raying, simple past and past participle X-rayed)
- (transitive, informal) To take a radiograph of; to obtain an image of using X-ray radiation, especially for the purpose of medical diagnostic evaluation.
- Of course there was nothing wrong with my left wrist. They X-rayed the wrong arm!
- 1925, Sidney Coe Howard, They Knew What They Wanted (Doubleday, Page and Company), Act II, page 116.
- Both legs broken in the morning. Tibia, fibula, femur, and ischium. X-rayed and set inside of an hour after the accident.
Translations
[edit]to take a radiograph of
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Adjective
[edit]X-ray (not comparable)
- Of or having to do with X-rays.
- I had to put my bags through an X-ray scanner at the airport.
- 1974, Shel Silverstein, “Who”, in Where the Sidewalk Ends, HarperCollins:
- Who will fly and have X-ray eyes— And be known as the man no bullet can kill?
Translations
[edit]of or having to do with X-rays
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Further reading
[edit]- X-ray on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- A picture of an X-ray machine
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