x-rayed; x-raying; x-rays
often capitalized
: to examine, treat, or photograph with X-rays
1
: any of the electromagnetic radiations that have an extremely short wavelength of less than 100 angstroms and have the properties of penetrating various thicknesses of all solids, of producing secondary radiations by impinging on material bodies, and of acting on photographic films and plates as light does
2
: a photograph obtained by use of X-rays
X-ray
adjective
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Verb
The researchers used a series of methods involving x-rays, CT scans, and microscopic and chemical analyses to ensure that the fleshy parts were indeed just a clay molding.
—Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Prints play with negative space, resulting in an x-ray effect.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
Card-reading contact lenses, X-ray poker tables, trays of poker chips that read cards, hacked shuffling machines that predict hands.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
An X-ray revealed four chains of magnets stuck together inside his abdomen.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Xray.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Xray. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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x-ray
1 of 2 transitive verboften capitalized X
: to examine, treat, or photograph with X-rays
X-ray
2 of 2 noun1
: any of the electromagnetic radiations of the same nature as visible radiation but of an extremely short wavelength less than 100 angstroms that is produced by bombarding a metallic target with fast electrons in vacuum or by transition of atoms to lower energy states and that has the properties of ionizing a gas upon passage through it, of penetrating various thicknesses of all solids, of producing secondary radiations by impinging on material bodies, of acting on photographic films and plates as light does, and of causing fluorescent screens to emit light
called also roentgen ray
2
: a photograph obtained by use of X-rays
a chest X-ray
X-ray
adjective
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