xray
xray is the alternative form of X-ray.
Meaning of X-ray
Noun
X-ray (plural X-rays)
- 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.
- X-rays are light with a wavelength between 0.1 and 10 nm.
- Synonyms:
- Röntgen radiation, Roentgen-ray
- A radiograph: an image made with X-rays.
- The doctor ordered some X-rays of my injured wrist.
- An X-ray machine, a machine for performing radiography.
- A tactical motif where a piece exerts influence or control over a square, piece, or line indirectly through another intervening piece.
Noun capitalized: Xray
Xray (plural Xrays)
- Alternative form of X-ray.
- A radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter X.
Verb capitalized: Xray
Xray (third-person singular simple present Xrays, present participle Xraying, simple past and past participle Xrayed)
- Alternative form of X-ray.
Forms of xray
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | xrays |
| plural | Xrays |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | xrays |
| present participle | xraying |
| past participle | xrayed |
| past | xrayed |
| third-person singular present | Xrays |
| present participle | Xraying |
| past participle | Xrayed |
| past | Xrayed |
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