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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'X-ray' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions X-ray noun  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. (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. Translations:  Dutch: rí¶ntgenapparaat French: (t, fr, radiographie) German: Rí¶ntgenapparat Spanish: radiografí­a Italian: radiografia verb  (context, transitive, 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!" Translations:  Dutch: doorlichten, bestralen, rí¶ntgenen, met rí¶ntgenstralen onderzoeken French: radiographier, soumettre í  un examen radiographique (trans-mid) German: rí¶ntgen adjective  Of or having to do with x-rays. I had to put my bags through an scanner at the airport. Translations:  Etymology: Transliteration of (term, X-Strahl, lang=de), coined by Wilhelm_RF6ntgen, Wilhelm Conrad Ríntgen upon his discovery of the rays in 1895, x signifying their unknown nature.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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