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[eks-ray] / 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

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

Duffy said ICE agents are trained law enforcement, and “know how to pat people down” and operate x-ray machines.

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

“We won’t know until we x-ray it. It may be worse if you don’t stop moving that leg.”

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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

By tracking repeating patterns in both X ray and radio signals from the event, the researchers found that the disk and the jet were wobbling together.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 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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