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[eks-ray] / 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

"From the ticket counter line to the x-ray room, there was a measles patient everywhere," he says.

From BBC ● May 27, 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

But I’m pretty certain my mom has x-ray vision.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

To examine those features, the team used CT scanning technology, assembling a stack of X ray images into a detailed three dimensional model.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026

As the flare intensified, X ray output surged dramatically, accelerating particles to speeds of 40 to 50 percent of the speed of light, or roughly 431 to 540 million km/h.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 21, 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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