a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)

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

&mə rez/ plural nounrays which are shorter than X-rays and whichare given off by radioactive substances

frktʃə/ noun a break, espe-cially in a bone  The X-ray showed up the

a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports

The branch of physics that deals with light and vision, chiefly the generation, propagation, and detection of electromagnetic radiation having wavelengths greater than x-rays and shorter than microwaves, physics The physics of light and vision, The light-related aspects of a device, figuratively Perception, image, public relations