Antonyms for X-ray
ˈɛksˌreɪx-ray

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. X-raynoun

   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.

   Synonyms:
   Rontgen radiation, Roentgen radiation, Rontgen rays, X-ray radiation, Röntgen rays, Roentgen rays, Röntgen radiation

Matched Categories

1. • Electromagnetic Radiation
   • Examine
   • Ionizing Radiation
   • Photograph
   • Photography

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 3 votes

1. X ray, X-ray, X-radiation, roentgen raynoun

   electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target

   Synonyms:
   roentgenogram, roentgen ray

2. roentgenogram, X ray, X-ray, X-ray picture, X-ray photographverb

   a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis

   Synonyms:
   roentgenogram, roentgen ray

3. x-rayverb

   examine by taking x-rays

4. x-rayverb

   take an x-ray of something or somebody

   "The doctor x-rayed my chest"

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1. x-raynoun

   Synonyms:
   the röntgen ray

   Associated words:
   fluoroscope, fluoroscopy, cryptoscopy, cryptoscope

How to use X-ray in a sentence?

1. Dan Wilkins:

   It's got a much bigger mirror than we've ever had on an X-ray telescope and it's going to let us get higher resolution looks in much shorter observation times, so, the picture we are starting to get from the data at the moment is going to become much clearer with these new observatories.

2. Gabriella Piazza:

   I didn't watch the series before I got the role and I watched the whole thing in a month, … Ray [Liotta], our characters are new in the ‘Sopranos’ world. So I tried to find my way to enter in that.

3. Richard Levitan:

   Their X-ray's looked awful, their oxygen was terrible, and yet they're completely awake, alert on a cell phone, and they all said is they've been somewhat sick for days, and then only recently did they notice either shortness of breath or fatigue or something else.

4. Aimee Boorman:

   She stood out from the beginning. She’s been special from the beginning. When she was younger and competing at the lower levels, she had that star quality, she has this ray of light that shoots out of her when she competes. Even when she was eight years old, she could draw in the crowds.

5. Daniel Wang:

   There are a lot of supernova remnants, black holes, and neutron stars there. Each X-ray dot or feature represents an energetic source, most of which are in the center.

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