Bucky
See also: bucky
English
editEtymology 1
editProper noun
editBucky
- A surname
Derived terms
edit- Bucky, bucky (short for "Potter-Bucky diaphragm")
- Bucky factor
- Bucky diaphragm
- Bucky-Potter grid
- Potter-Bucky diaphragm
Noun
editBucky (plural Buckies)
- (medicine, informal) Short for Potter-Bucky diaphragm.
- 1960, Charles A. Jacobi, Donald E. Hagen, X-ray Technology, page 74:
- The recipromatic Bucky differs from the manually cocked Bucky in that the grid travels in both directions across the table during the exposure.
Etymology 2
editProper noun
editBucky
- A nickname for someone with the name Buck, or a given name derived from this.
Etymology 3
editProper noun
editBucky