X ray A penetrating electromagnetic radiation, usually generated by accelerating electrons to high velocity and suddenly stopping them by collision with a solid body, or by inner-shell transitions of atoms with atomic number greater than 10; their wavelength ranges from about 10(-5) angstrom to 10 angstroms, the average wavelength used in research being 1 angstrom ['eksrei]

environ.

Röntgenstrahlung f

x-ray ['eksreɪ]

gen.

durchleuchten (röntgen)

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X-ray ['eksreɪ]

abbr., chem., scient.

Röntgen beam technology

abbr., scottish

X (phonetic alphabet)

chem.

Rontgen beam technology

mil., abbr.

tech.

Roentgen-ray; energetic high-frequency electromagnetic radiation

X ray

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X ray abbr.
chem.	Röntgenstrahl
X-ray abbr.
gen.	röntgenisieren
med.	Röntgenaufnahme; Röntgenogramm; Röntgenkontrastbild; X-Strahl
med.appl.	Röntgenreihenuntersuchung; Durchleuchtung
nucl.phys.	Roentgen-Strahl
tech.	röntgen


diffraction abbr.
gen.	Diffraktion
el. acoust.	Schalldiffraktion; Schallbeugung
med.appl.	Ablenkung; Strahlenbeugung
microsc.	Beugung
phys.	Brechung
radiat.	Beugung; Diffraktion; Abbeugen