x-ray

plural x-rays

1. Alternative letter-case form of X-ray.

   … analogous to x-ray image formation …

   ante 2002, J. S. Sandhu and H. Wang, Recent Advances in Acoustography-Based NDE, published in Recent Advances in Experimental Mechanics (Emmanuel E. Gdoutos, editor; →ISBN), page 381

present singular third person x-rays · participle present x-raying · participle past x-rayed · past x-rayed

1. Alternative letter-case form of X-ray.

plural X-rays · alternative x-ray · alternative Xray · alternative xray · alternative Ex-ray · alternative ex-ray · alternative Ex ray · alternative ex ray

1. 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

2. A radiograph: an image made with X-rays.

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

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   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.

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

3. An X-ray machine, a machine for performing radiography.
4. board gamesA tactical motif where a piece exerts influence or control over a square, piece, or line indirectly through another intervening piece.
5. video gamesA cheat that allows a user to see other players, enemies and important objects through walls and other barriers.

   Near-synonym: ESP

   Synonyms: wallhack, ESP

present singular third person X-rays · participle present X-raying · participle past X-rayed · past X-rayed · alternative x-ray · alternative Xray · alternative xray · alternative Ex-ray · alternative ex-ray · alternative Ex ray · alternative ex ray

1. informaltransitiveTo 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!

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   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.

2. transitiveboard gamesOf a piece, to exert indirect influence, by either attacking, defending, or controlling an opponent's or friendly piece through an intervening piece along a rank, file, or diagonal.

alternative x-ray · alternative Xray · alternative xray · alternative Ex-ray · alternative ex-ray · alternative Ex ray · alternative ex ray

1. not comparableOf or relating to X-rays.

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

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

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