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x-ray

[eks-rey] / ˈɛksˌreɪ /


X ray


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The sleek, futuristic-looking, white and yellow vehicle boasts solar panels on the roof that power its engine but also medical devices from x-ray machines to defibrillators.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Researchers at Stockholm University have used advanced x-ray lasers to uncover a long-suspected feature of water: a critical point that appears when water is deeply supercooled.

From Science Daily Mar. 29, 2026

A technical take is more like an x-ray that might pinpoint unhealthy symptoms a bit sooner.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

ARG began the process of identifying which tiles needed the most remediation by doing a photorealistic laser scan of the building that MacLean described as a sort of high-tech x-ray.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 2025

I tried to look at Salim riding in his pod with x-ray eyes but I could only see figures in the pod, dark shadows, turning to have their souvenir photo taken.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

These X ray scans allow scientists to examine the physical structure and form of insects, an area of research known as morphology.

From Science Daily Mar. 10, 2026

At the facility, a synchrotron particle accelerator generated an intense X ray beam capable of scanning many specimens quickly.

From Science Daily Mar. 10, 2026

And there can be a bleakness to the light; it’s like an X ray, penetrating everything.

From The New Yorker Sep. 15, 2014

It is only the X ray that can tell us the internal arrangement of the crystal.

From Scientific American Jun. 28, 2012

They had discovered the X ray, the cathode ray, the electron, and radioactivity, invented the ohm, the watt, the Kelvin, the joule, the amp, and the little erg.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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