X-ray tube

noun

A device that produces X-rays by directing energetic electrons into a metal target.

“The dentist aimed the X-ray tube at my mouth to find the cavity.”

Meanings

nounX-ray tube (plural X-ray tubes)

plural X-ray tubes

  1. A device that produces X-rays by directing energetic electrons into a metal target.

    The dentist aimed the X-ray tube at my mouth to find the cavity.

Translations

Danish røntgenrør
  • røntgenrørX-ray tube
German Röntgenröhre
  • RöntgenröhreX-ray tube
Norwegian Bokmål røntgenrør
  • røntgenrørX-ray tube
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Chicago

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