X-ray
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| - | ''[[Hitler Swallows Gold and Spouts Junk]]'' ([[1932]]) is a [[photomontage]] by [[John Heartfield]]. It depicts an [[x-ray]] of Hitler's [[trunk]], with coins in the [[digestive tract]]. | + | # Short [[wavelength]] [[electromagnetic]] [[radiation]] usually produced by [[bombard]]ing a metal target in a vacuum. Used to create [[image]]s of the [[internal]] structure of objects; this is possible because X-rays pass through most objects and can [[expose]] [[photographic]] [[film]]. |
| + | #: '''''X-rays''' are light with a wavelength between 0.1 and 10 nm.'' | ||
| + | # A [[radiograph]]: a [[photograph]] made with X-rays. | ||
| + | #: '' "The doctor ordered some '''X-rays''' of my injured wrist." '' | ||
| + | # An X-ray [[machine]]. | ||
| + | # The letter ''X'' in the [[ICAO spelling alphabet]]. | ||
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- 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.
- X-rays are light with a wavelength between 0.1 and 10 nm.
- A radiograph: a photograph made with X-rays.
- "The doctor ordered some X-rays of my injured wrist."
- An X-ray machine.
- The letter X in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
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