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x-ray

[eks-rey] / ˈɛksˌreɪ /


X ray


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

From BBC May 27, 2026

With this protection, the carbene becomes stable enough for detailed analysis using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and x-ray crystallography, offering clear evidence that such molecules can exist in water.

From Science Daily Apr. 11, 2026

"I don't see an ICE agent looking at an x-ray machine, because you're not trained in that," he said on CNN's "State of the Union."

From Barron's Mar. 22, 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

She said I had drawn it in cross-section as if I had x-ray eyes and could see straight through it.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

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

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

Just before Thanksgiving, Doc Lassiter ordered Dad to get an X ray.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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