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/

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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^[1]:

     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 (šuoʾi rentgenī)
• 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光照片 (X-guāng zhàopiàn)

• 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!

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