X-ray

Etymology
From, a , coined by upon his discovery of the rays in 1895, X signifying their unknown nature.

Noun

 * 1) Short wavelength electromagnetic radiation usually produced by bombarding a metal target in a vacuum. Used to create images of the internal structure of objects; this is possible because X-rays pass through most objects and can expose photographic film.
 * 2) A radiograph: a photograph made with X-rays.
 * 3) An X-ray machine.
 * 1) An X-ray machine.
 * 1) An X-ray machine.
 * 1) An X-ray machine.

Synonyms

 * / Rontgen radiation / Roentgen radiation
 * / Rontgen rays / Roentgen rays

Translations

 * Albanian: rreze X
 * Arabic: أَشِعَّة إِكْس,
 * Armenian: ռենտգենյան ճառագայթ
 * Azerbaijani: rentgen şüaları
 * Belarusian: рэнтге́н, рэнтге́наўскі праме́нь
 * Bulgarian: ре́нтген, ре́нтгенов лъч
 * Burmese: အိတ်ဇ်ရေး,
 * Catalan: raig X
 * Central Melanau: X-ray
 * Chinese:
 * Hokkien: X光線
 * Mandarin: 艾克斯射線,, X射線, ,
 * Cornish: dewyn X, golowyn X
 * Czech:, rentgenové záření, rentgenový paprsek
 * Danish: røntgenstråle
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ikso-radioj, rentgena radiado, x-radiado
 * Estonian: röntgenikiir,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, rayon Röntgen
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: რენტგენის სხივი
 * German:
 * Greek:, ακτινοβολία Χ
 * Gujarati: ક્ષ-કિરણ
 * Hebrew: קַרנֵי רֶנְטְגֶן
 * Hindi: एक्स-रे
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua: rayos röntgen
 * Irish: X-gha
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh:, рентген сәулесі
 * Khmer: កាំរស្មី X, កាំរស្មីអ៊ិច
 * Korean: 엑스선,
 * Kyrgyz:, рентген нуру, рентген нурлары
 * Latvian: rentgens, rentgena stari
 * Lithuanian: rentgenas
 * Macedonian: рендгенски зрак, рендген
 * Malay: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: røntgenstråle
 * Nynorsk: røntgenstråle
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian: پَرْتُوْیِ ایکْس, شُعَاعِ ایکْس
 * Portuguese: raios X
 * Romanian:, raze Roentgen
 * Russian: рентге́новский луч,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: rentgensko zračenje,, rendgensko zračenje,
 * Slovak: röntgen, röntgenové žiarenie, röntgenový lúč
 * Slovene: rentgenski žarek, rentgen
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: eksirei, uyoka
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: rayos-ekis, X-ray
 * Tajik: рентген, шуоъи рентгенӣ
 * Thai: เอ็กซ์เรย์, รังสีเอกซ์
 * Turkish: X ışını
 * Turkmen: rentgen, rentgen şöhlesi
 * Ukrainian: рентге́н, рентге́нівський про́мінь
 * Urdu: ایکْس شُعَاع, ایکْس رے
 * Uyghur: X نۇرى
 * Uzbek: rentgen nurlari,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: räyastrals
 * Welsh: pelydr X


 * Arabic: صُورَة أَشِعَّة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: рэнтге́н
 * Bulgarian: ре́нтген
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, X光照片, X線照片,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: røntgenbillede
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: რენტგენოგრამა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: sinar-X
 * Interlingua: röntgenogramma
 * Irish: X-ghathú
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: レントゲン写真
 * Korean: 엑스레이 사진
 * Macedonian: рендген, рендген
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: røntgenbilde
 * Nynorsk: røntgenbilde, røntgenbilete
 * Occitan: radiografia
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: raio-X,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian: lastra
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak: röntgen
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: eksirei
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: рентге́н
 * Volapük: räyöf


 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: röntgenapparaat
 * Finnish:
 * German: Röntgenapparat
 * Greek: ακτινογράφος
 * Hebrew: מכונת רנטגן
 * Hungarian: röntgenberendezés
 * Japanese: レントゲン撮影装置, エックス線撮影装置
 * Navajo: beeʼaghádaʼdildlaadí
 * Portuguese: máquina de raio X
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: ,
 * Swedish: röntgenapparat
 * Turkish: röntgen cihazı, X-ray cihazı
 * Volapük: räyöm

Verb

 * 1)  To take a radiograph of; to obtain an image of using X-ray radiation, especially for the purpose of medical diagnostic evaluation.
 * 2) * 1925, Sidney Coe Howard, They Knew What They Wanted (Doubleday, Page and Company), Act II, page 116.
 * Both legs broken in the morning. Tibia, fibula, femur, and ischium. X-rayed and set inside of an hour after the accident.
 * Both legs broken in the morning. Tibia, fibula, femur, and ischium. X-rayed and set inside of an hour after the accident.

Translations

 * Cornish: X-dewynya
 * Dutch:, , , met röntgenstralen onderzoeken
 * Finnish: ottaa röntgenkuva, röntgenkuvata
 * French:, soumettre à un examen radiographique
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: gegnumlýsa
 * Irish: X-ghathaigh
 * Italian:, schermografare
 * Japanese: レントゲンを撮る
 * Norman: x-rayer
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: røntgenfotografere
 * Nynorsk: røntgenfotografere
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: tirar (um) raio X (de), tirar uma chapa (de)
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: röntgenovať
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: rayos-ekisin
 * Ukrainian: робити рентген

Adjective

 * 1) Of or having to do with X-rays.

Translations

 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: röntgen-
 * Irish: X-ghathach
 * Italian:
 * Russian: