Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense X-rays, present participle X-raying, past tense, past participle X-rayed
1. countable noun [usually plural]
X-rays are a type of radiation that can pass through most solid materials. X-rays are used by doctors to examine the bones or organs inside your body and are also used at airports to see inside people's luggage.
2. countable noun
An X-ray is a picture made by sending X-rays through something, usually someone's body.
She was advised to have an abdominal X-ray.
3. verb
If someone or something is X-rayed, an X-ray picture is taken of them.
All hand baggage would be x-rayed. [beVERB-ed]
They took my pulse, took my blood pressure, and X-rayed my jaw. [VERB noun]
More Synonyms of X-ray
X-ray in British English
or x-ray
noun
1.
a.
electromagnetic radiation emitted when matter is bombarded with fast electrons. X-rays have wavelengths shorter than that of ultraviolet radiation, that is less than about 1 × 10–8 metres. They extend to indefinitely short wavelengths, but below about 1 × 10–11 metres they are often called gamma radiation
b.
(as modifier)
X-ray astronomy
2.
a picture produced by exposing photographic film to X-rays: used in medicine as a diagnostic aid as parts of the body, such as bones, absorb X-rays and so appear as opaque areas on the picture
3. (usually capital) communications
a code word for the letter x
verb(transitive)
4.
to photograph (part of the body, etc) using X-rays
5.
to treat or examine by means of X-rays
Word origin
C19: partial translation of German X-Strahlen (from Strahl ray), coined by W. K. Roentgen in 1895
X-ray in American English
(ˈɛksˌreɪ)
noun
1.
a band of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between gamma rays and ultraviolet radiation (c. .005 to c. 5 nanometers), produced by the bombardment of a substance (usually one of the heavy metals) by a stream of electrons moving at great velocity, as in a vacuum tube: X-rays are capable of penetrating opaque or solid substances, ionizing gases and body tissues through which they pass or, by extended exposure, destroying tissue, and affecting photographic plates and fluorescent screens: they are widely used in medicine for study, diagnosis, and treatment of certain organic disorders, esp. of internal structures of the body
usually used in pl.
2.
a photograph made by means of X-rays
adjective
3.
of, by, or having to do with X-rays
verb transitive
4.
to examine, treat, or photograph with X-rays
Also X ray, x-ray, x ray
Word origin
transl. of Ger x-strahl (< x, algebraic symbol for an unknown quantity + strahl, ray): so named by Roentgen (1895), because of its unknown character
Seex ray
Examples of 'X-ray' in a sentence
X-ray
From the grimness on the doctor's face as he studied the X-ray, I guessed it might well be the latter.
Pritchard, John NIGHT SISTERS
It resembled a bizarre combination of a photograph and an X-ray plate.
Stewart, Michael COMPULSION
They walked through a hatch in the counter and then through a large X-ray frame.
O'Connor, Joe DESPERADOES
The machine printed out a few sheets of CT cuts, which Carson picked up and snapped into an X-ray box.
Gregg Andrew Hurwitz DO NO HARM (2002)
Word lists with
X-ray
code words
In other languages
X-ray
British English: X-ray /ˈɛksreɪ/ NOUN
An X-ray is a type of radiation that can pass through most solid materials. X-rays are used by doctors to examine the bones or organs inside your body, and at airports to see inside people's luggage.
If someone or something is X-rayed, an X-ray picture is taken of them.
All bags were X-rayed.
American English: X-ray
Arabic: يُصَوِّرُ بِأَشِعَّةِ إِكْس
Brazilian Portuguese: radiografar
Chinese: X光透视
Croatian: snimiti rendgenom
Czech: rentgenovat
Danish: røntgenfotografere
Dutch: een röntgenfoto maken
European Spanish: radiografiar
Finnish: ottaa röntgenkuva
French: radiographier
German: röntgen
Greek: ακτινοσκοπώ
Italian: fare una radiografia
Japanese: X線写真を撮る
Korean: X선 사진을 찍다
Norwegian: røntgenfotografere
Polish: prześwietlić
European Portuguese: radiografar
Romanian: a radiografia
Russian: делать рентген
Latin American Spanish: radiografiar
Swedish: röntga
Thai: ถ่ายภาพด้วยรังสีเอ็กซ์
Turkish: röntgenini çekmek
Ukrainian: робити рентген
Vietnamese: chụp X-quang
Definition of 'X-ray'
Chinese translation of 'X-ray'
X-ray
(ˈɛksreɪ)
n(c)
(= ray) X射线(線) (X shèxiàn)
(= photo) X光照片 (X guāng zhàopiàn) (张(張), zhāng)
vt
用X光检(檢)查 (yòng X guāng jiǎnchá)
to have an X-ray做一次X光检(檢)查 (zuò yī cì X guāng jiǎnchá)
to take an X-ray of sth对(對)某物做X光检(檢)查 (duì mǒuwù zuò X guāng jiǎnchá)
All related terms of 'X-ray'
X-ray star
a star that emits most of its radiation in the form of x-rays
X-ray tube
an evacuated tube containing a metal target onto which is directed a beam of electrons at high energy for the generation of X-rays
X-ray binary
a binary star that is an intense source of X-rays and is composed of a normal star in close orbit with a white dwarf , neutron star, or black hole
X-ray photo
a picture produced by exposing photographic film to X-rays
X-ray burster
a source of X-ray bursts
X-ray therapy
the therapeutic use of X-rays
X-ray astronomy
the branch of astronomy concerned with the detection and measurement of X-rays emitted by certain celestial bodies. As X-rays are absorbed by the atmosphere , satellites and rockets are used
X-ray diagnosis
diagnosis by means of an X-ray
X-ray diffraction
the scattering of X-rays on contact with matter, resulting in changes in radiation intensity , which is used for studying atomic structure
X-ray examination
an examination of part of the body, using an X-ray machine
X-ray treatment
the therapeutic use of X-rays
X-ray crystallography
the study and practice of determining the structure of a crystal by passing a beam of X-rays through it and observing and analysing the diffraction pattern produced