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x-ray

[eks-rey] / ˈɛksˌreɪ /


X ray


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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

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

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

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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