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x-ray

[eks-rey] / 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

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

The Prison Service is also employing x-ray body scanners and detection dogs to combat smuggling.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2025

“Perhaps a diagnostic hip x-ray would be in order.”

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

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

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

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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