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x-ray

[eks-rey] / ˈɛksˌreɪ /


X ray


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Fontaine examines the x-ray of his broken leg while in hospital in 1962.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

"Many have dreamt about finding this critical point but the means have not been available before the development of the x-ray lasers."

From Science Daily Mar. 29, 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

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

Using multi-scale synchrotron X ray techniques and a high-resolution transmission electron microscope, the researchers observed that reactions inside single-crystal particles do not occur evenly.

From Science Daily Dec. 29, 2025

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

J. D. Bernal, the crystallographer, would later call them the “most beautiful X ray photographs of any substance ever taken.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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