an electromagnetic wave of high energy and very short wavelength, which is able to pass through many materials opaque to light
a small almost transparent freshwater fish with an opaque body cavity. Native to South America, it is popular in aquaria
a device for generating X-rays by accelerating electrons to high energies and causing them to strike a metal target from which the X-rays are emitted
medical treatment of a disease using controlled doses of X-rays
the branch of astronomy concerned with the detection and measurement of high-energy electromagnetic radiation emitted by celestial objects
the scattering of X-rays by the regularly spaced atoms of a crystal, useful in obtaining information about the structure of the crystal
an instrument that uses X-rays to produce a magnified image
the study of crystals and their structure by means of the diffraction of X-rays by the regularly spaced atoms of crystalline materials