X-ray

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Transliteration of German X-Strahl, coined by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen upon his discovery of the rays in 1895, x signifying their unknown nature.

X-ray

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.

Catalan: raig X m (1), radiografia f (2)
Chinese: X射线, 爱克斯射线 (1)
Dutch: röntgenstraal f (1), röntgenfoto f (2), röntgenapparaat n (3)
Finnish: röntgensäteily (1), röntgenkuva (2), röntgenlaite (3)
French: rayon X m (1), rayon Röntgen m (1), radiographie f (2),
German: Röntgenstrahl (1), Röntgenbild (2), Röntgenapparaat (3)
Hebrew:
- קַרנֵי רֶנְטְגֶן
- קרני x
Indonesian: ronsen / rontgen (1), sinar-X (2)
Interlingua: rayos röntgen (1), röntgenogramma (2)
Japanese: レントゲン (rentogen) (1), X線 / エックス線 (エックスせん, ekkusu-sen) (2)
Romanica: radios röntgen m pl (1), röntgenogramma m (2), radiographia f
Spanish: rayo X m (1), radiografía f (2)
Volapük: räyastrals (1), räyöf (2), räyöm (3)

X-ray

(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!"

X-ray

Of or having to do with x-rays.
I had to put my bags through an X-ray scanner at the airport.