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Word: x-ray (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Of or having to do with X-rays.

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Noun:

  • An X-ray machine.
  • A radiograph: a photograph made with X-rays.
  • 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.
  • The letter ''X'' in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

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Verb:

  • informal To take a radiograph of; to obtain an image of using X-ray radiation, ''especially'' for the purpose of medical diagnostic evaluation.

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