X rays

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• X-rays

  ·add. ·noun ·pl The Rontgen rays; — so called by their discoverer because of their enigmatical char...

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• X

  X, x, a character probably derived from the Greek Ξ (this form of that letter being found in some fe...

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• X

  ·- X, the twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, has three sounds; a compound nonvocal sound ...

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• Alpha rays

  ·add. ·- Rays of relatively low penetrating power emitted by radium and other radioactive substances...

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• Becquerel rays

  ·add. ·- Radiations first observed by the French physicist Henri Becquerel, in working with uranium ...

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• Beta rays

  ·add. ·- Penetrating rays readily deflected by a magnetic or electric field, emitted by radioactive ...

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• Gamma rays

  ·add. ·- Very penetrating rays not appreciably deflected by a magnetic or electric field, emitted by...

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• Hittorf rays

  ·add. ·- Rays (chiefly cathode rays) developed by the electric discharge in Hittorf tubes. ...

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• Lenard rays

  ·add. ·- Rays emanating from the outer surface of a plate composed of any material permeable by cath...

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• X-ray tube

  ·add. ·- A vacuum tube suitable for producing Rontgen rays. ...

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