X-ray
A ray of short-wavelength electromagnetic radiation usually produced by bombarding a…A ray of 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.
Meaning
4 sensesA ray of 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.
Röntgenstrahl
рентге́новский лучrentgénovskij luč, рентге́нrentgén
рентге́нrenthén, рентге́нівський про́міньrenthénivsʹkyj próminʹ
electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target
A radiograph: an image made with X-rays.
The doctor ordered some X-rays of my injured wrist.
Röntgenbild
рентге́нrentgén, рентгеногра́ммаrentgenográmma
рентге́нrenthén
a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis
An X-ray machine, a machine for performing radiography.
Röntgenapparat
рентге́нrentgén
A tactical motif where a piece exerts influence or control over a square, piece, or line indirectly through another intervening piece.
Translations
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Origin
From X + ray, a calque of German X-Strahl, coined by Wilhelm Röntgen upon his discovery ofFrom X + ray, a calque of German X-Strahl, coined by Wilhelm Röntgen upon his discovery of the rays in 1895, where X signifies their unknown nature. The chess sense is metaphorical, referring to control passing through a seemingly solid barrier.
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Forms
plural: X-raysSynonyms
8 synonyms- electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target:X rayX-radiationroentgen ray
- a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis:roentgenogramX rayX-ray pictureX-ray photograph