X-ray

See also: x-ray, Xray, and xray

Translingual

Noun

X-ray

1. Alternative spelling of Xray of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

English

An early radiograph of Albert von Kölliker's left hand taken at a public lecture on 23 January 1896 by Wilhelm Röntgen, the discoverer of X-rays.

Alternative forms

• x-ray, Xray, xray, Ex-ray, ex-ray, Ex ray, ex ray

Etymology

From X +‎ ray, a calque of German X-Strahl, coined by Wilhelm Röntgen upon his discovery of the rays in 1895, X signifying their unknown nature.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛks ɹeɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛks ˌɹeɪ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

X-ray (plural X-rays)

1. 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.

2. A radiograph: a photograph made with X-rays.

   The doctor ordered some X-rays of my injured wrist.

   • 2012 June 2, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Belgium”, in BBC Sport‎:

     And this friendly was not without its injury worries, with defender Gary Cahill substituted early on after a nasty, needless push by Dries Mertens that caused him to collide with goalkeeper Joe Hart, an incident that left the Chelsea defender requiring a precautionary X-ray at Wembley.

3. An X-ray machine.

Synonyms

• (radiation): Röntgen radiation / Rontgen radiation / Roentgen radiation
• (radiation): Röntgen rays / Rontgen rays / Roentgen rays
• (radiation): X-ray radiation

Derived terms

• hard X-ray
• soft X-ray
• X-ray absorbing glass
• X-ray astronomy
• X-ray binary
• X-ray crystallography
• X-ray diffraction
• X-ray fish
• X-ray fluorescence
• X-ray microscope
• X-ray photograph
• X-ray radiation
• X-ray specs
• X-ray spectacles
• X-ray spectrometry
• X-ray spectroscopy
• X-ray telescope
• X-ray tetra
• X-ray therapy
• X-ray tube
• X-ray vision

 

Related terms

• T-ray
• gamma ray

Translations

short wavelength electromagnetic radiation

Albanian: rreze X f Arabic: أَشِعَّة إِكْس m pl (ʔašiʕʕat ʔeks), أَشِعَّة سِينِيَّة (ar) m pl (ʔašiʕʕa siniyya) Armenian: ռենտգենյան ճառագայթ (ṙentgenyan čaṙagaytʻ) Azerbaijani: rentgen şüaları pl Belarusian: рэнтге́н m (renthjén), рэнтге́наўскі праме́нь m (renthjénaŭski pramjénʹ) Bulgarian: ре́нтген m (réntgen), ре́нтгенов лъч m (réntgenov lǎč) Burmese: အိတ်ဇ်ရေး (itjre:), ဓာတ်မှန် (my) (dhathman) Catalan: raig X m Central Melanau: X-ray Chinese: Hokkien: X光線／X光线 (X kng-soàⁿ) Mandarin: 艾克斯射線／艾克斯射线 (àikèsī shèxiàn), 愛克斯射線／爱克斯射线 (zh) (àikèsī shèxiàn), X射線／X射线 (X shèxiàn), X光 (zh) (X guāng), 愛克斯光／爱克斯光 (zh) (àikèsī guāng) Cornish: dewyn X m, golowyn X m Czech: rentgen (cs) m, rentgenové záření n, rentgenový paprsek m Danish: røntgenstråle c Dutch: röntgenstraal (nl) f Esperanto: ikso-radioj, rentgena radiado, x-radiado Estonian: röntgenikiir, röntgen (et) Finnish: röntgensäteily (fi) French: rayon X (fr) m, rayon Röntgen m Galician: raios X (gl) m pl Georgian: რენტგენის სხივი (renṭgenis sxivi) German: Röntgenstrahl (de) m Greek: ακτίνα Χ (el) f (aktína Ch), ακτινοβολία Χ f (aktinovolía Ch) Gujarati: ક્ષ-કિરણ (kṣa-kiraṇ) Hebrew: קַרנֵי רֶנְטְגֶן f (qārney rentgen) Hindi: एक्स-रे (eks-re) Hungarian: röntgensugárzás (hu) Indonesian: ronsen (id), rontgen (id) Interlingua: rayos röntgen Irish: X-gha m Italian: raggi X (it) m pl Japanese: X線 (ja) (ekkusu sen), エックス線 (ja) (ekkusu sen), レントゲン (ja) (rentogen) Kazakh: рентген (kk) (rentgen), рентген сәулесі (rentgen säulesı) Khmer: កាំរស្មី X (kamrĕəʼsməyX), កាំរស្មីអ៊ិច (kamrĕəʼsməy ʼɨc) Korean: 엑스선 (ekseuseon), 뢴트겐 (ko) (roenteugen) Kyrgyz: рентген (ky) (rentgen), рентген нуру (rentgen nuru), рентген нурлары pl (rentgen nurları) Latvian: rentgens m, rentgena stari Lithuanian: rentgenas m Macedonian: рендгенски зрак m (rendgenski zrak), рендген m (rendgen) Malay: sinar-X (ms), X-ray (ms) Norwegian: Bokmål: røntgenstråle m Nynorsk: røntgenstråle m Occitan: rai X (oc) m Persian: Iranian Persian: پَرْتُوْیِ ایکْس (partow-ye iks), شُعَاعِ ایکْس (šo'â'-e iks) Portuguese: raios X m pl Romanian: raze X (ro) f pl, raze Roentgen f pl Russian: рентге́новский луч m (rentgénovskij luč), рентге́н (ru) m (rentgén) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: rentgensko zračenje n, rentgen (sh) m, rendgensko zračenje n, rendgen (sh) m Slovak: röntgen m, röntgenové žiarenie n, röntgenový lúč m Slovene: rentgenski žarek m, rentgen m Spanish: rayos X (es) m pl Swahili: eksirei, uyoka Swedish: röntgenstråle (sv) c Tagalog: rayos-ekis, X-ray Tajik: рентген (rentgen), шуоъи рентгенӣ (šuoʾ-i rentgeni) Thai: เอ็กซ์เรย์ (èk-ree), รังสีเอกซ์ (rang-sǐi-èk) Turkish: X ışını Turkmen: rentgen, rentgen şöhlesi Ukrainian: рентге́н m (renthén), рентге́нівський про́мінь m (renthénivsʹkyj próminʹ) Urdu: ایکْس شُعَاع (eks śu'ā'), ایکْس رے m (eks re) Uyghur: X نۇرى (X nuri) Uzbek: rentgen nurlari pl, rentgen (uz) Vietnamese: tia X (vi) Volapük: räyastrals Welsh: pelydr X m

photograph made with X-rays

Arabic: صُورَة أَشِعَّة f (ṣūra(t) ʔašiʕʕa) Armenian: ռենտգեն (hy) (ṙentgen) Belarusian: рэнтге́н m (renthjén) Bulgarian: ре́нтген m (réntgen) Catalan: radiografia (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: X光片 (zh) (X-guāngpiàn), X光照片 (X-guāng zhàopiàn), X線照片／X线照片 (X-xiàn zhàopiàn), 片子 (zh) (piānzi) Czech: RTG (cs) n, rentgen (cs) m Danish: røntgenbillede n Dutch: röntgenfoto (nl) f Finnish: röntgenkuva (fi) French: radiographie (fr) f Galician: radiografía (gl) Georgian: რენტგენოგრამა (renṭgenograma) German: Röntgenbild (de) n Greek: ακτινογραφία (el) f (aktinografía) Hebrew: צילום רנטגן (he) m (tsilum rentgen) Hungarian: röntgen (hu) Indonesian: sinar-X Interlingua: röntgenogramma Irish: X-ghathú m Italian: radiografia (it) f Japanese: レントゲン写真 (rentogen shashin) Korean: 엑스레이 사진 (ekseurei sajin) Macedonian: рендген m (rendgen), рендген m (rendgen) Norwegian: Bokmål: røntgenbilde n Nynorsk: røntgenbilde n, røntgenbilete n Occitan: radiografia f Polish: prześwietlenie (pl) n Portuguese: raio-X m, radiografia (pt) f Romanian: radiografie (ro) Russian: рентге́н (ru) m (rentgén), рентгеногра́мма (ru) f (rentgenográmma) Sardinian: lastra f Serbo-Croatian: Roman: radiogram (sh) m, rentgen (sh) m, rendgen (sh) m Slovak: röntgen m Spanish: radiografía (es) f Swahili: eksirei Swedish: röntgenbild (sv) c Turkish: röntgen (tr) Ukrainian: рентге́н m (renthén) Volapük: räyöf

X-ray machine

Armenian: ռենտգեն (hy) (ṙentgen) Czech: rentgen (cs) m Dutch: röntgenapparaat n Finnish: röntgenlaite (fi) German: Röntgenapparat m Greek: ακτινογράφος m (aktinográfos) Hebrew: מכונת רנטגן f (meḥonāt rentgen) Hungarian: röntgenberendezés Japanese: レントゲン撮影装置 (rentogen satsueisochi), エックス線撮影装置 (ekkusu sensatsueisōchi) Navajo: beeʼaghádaʼdildlaadí Portuguese: máquina de raio X f Russian: рентге́н (ru) m (rentgén) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: rentgen (sh), rendgen (sh) Swedish: röntgenapparat c Turkish: röntgen cihazı, (the one used in security) X-ray cihazı Volapük: räyöm

Verb

X-ray (third-person singular simple present X-rays, present participle X-raying, simple past and past participle X-rayed)

1. (transitive, informal) To take a radiograph of; to obtain an image of using X-ray radiation, especially for the purpose of medical diagnostic evaluation.

   Of course there was nothing wrong with my left wrist. They X-rayed the wrong arm!

   • 1925, Sidney Coe Howard, They Knew What They Wanted (Doubleday, Page and Company), Act II, page 116.

     Both legs broken in the morning. Tibia, fibula, femur, and ischium. X-rayed and set inside of an hour after the accident.

Translations

to take a radiograph of

Cornish: X-dewynya Dutch: doorlichten (nl), bestralen (nl), röntgenen (nl), met röntgenstralen onderzoeken Finnish: ottaa röntgenkuva, röntgenkuvata French: radiographier (fr), soumettre à un examen radiographique German: röntgen (de) Greek: ακτινοσκοπώ (el) (aktinoskopó) Hungarian: röntgenez (hu) Icelandic: gegnumlýsa Irish: X-ghathaigh Italian: radiografare (it), schermografare Japanese: レントゲンを撮る (rentogen wo toru) Norman: x-rayer Norwegian: Bokmål: røntgenfotografere Nynorsk: røntgenfotografere Polish: prześwietlać (pl) impf, prześwietlić (pl) pf Portuguese: tirar (um) raio X (de), tirar uma chapa (de) Russian: просве́чивать (ru) impf (prosvéčivatʹ), просвети́ть (ru) pf (prosvetítʹ) Slovak: röntgenovať Spanish: radiografiar (es) Swedish: röntga (sv) Tagalog: rayos-ekisin Ukrainian: робити рентген (robyty renthen)

Adjective

X-ray (not comparable)

1. Of or having to do with X-rays.

   I had to put my bags through an X-ray scanner at the airport.

   • 1974, Shel Silverstein, “Who”, in Where the Sidewalk Ends, HarperCollins:

     Who will fly and have X-ray eyes— And be known as the man no bullet can kill?

Translations

of or having to do with X-rays

Hungarian: röntgen (hu) Icelandic: röntgen- Irish: X-ghathach Italian: radiografico (it) Russian: рентге́новский (ru) (rentgénovskij)

Further reading

• X-ray on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• A picture of an X-ray machine