Educalingo cookies are used to personalize ads and get web traffic statistics. We also share information about the use of the site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners.
View details Got it
Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "x-radiation" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF X-RADIATION

x-radiation play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF X-RADIATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
X-Radiation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES X-RADIATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

x-radiation

X-ray

X-radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation. Most X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 0.01 to 10 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz and energies in the range 100 eV to 100 keV. X-ray wavelengths are shorter than those of UV rays and typically longer than those of gamma rays. In many languages, X-radiation is referred to with terms meaning Röntgen radiation, after Wilhelm Röntgen, who is usually credited as its discoverer, and who had named it X-radiation to signify an unknown type of radiation. Spelling of X-ray in the English language includes the variants x-ray, xray and X ray. X-rays with photon energies above 5–10 keV are called hard X-rays, while those with lower energy are called soft X-rays. Due to their penetrating ability, hard X-rays are widely used to image the inside of objects, e.g., in medical radiography and airport security. As a result, the term X-ray is metonymically used to refer to a radiographic image produced using this method, in addition to the method itself.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE X-RADIATION

x-axis
X-certificate
X-chromosome
x-height
X-rated
X-ray
X-ray astronomy
X-ray binary
X-ray burster
X-ray crystallography
X-ray diagnosis
X-ray diffraction
X-ray examination
X-ray photo
X-ray star
X-ray therapy
X-ray treatment
X-ray tube
x-unit

WORDS THAT END LIKE X-RADIATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of x-radiation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «x-radiation» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF X-RADIATION

Find out the translation of x-radiation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of x-radiation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «x-radiation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

X射线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

radiación X
570 millions of speakers

English

x-radiation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक्स विकिरण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

س للإشعاع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рентгеновского излучения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

radiação X.
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এক্স-বিকিরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rayonnement X
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Radiasi x
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Röntgenstrahlung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

X線放射
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

X - 방사선
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

X-radiation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

x - bức xạ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எக்ஸ்-கதிர்வீச்சு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्ष किरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

X-ışın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

x - radiazioni
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Promieniowanie X
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рентгенівського випромінювання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

radiatii x
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Χ- ακτινοβολία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

x - bestraling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

x - strålning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

x - stråling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of x-radiation

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «X-RADIATION»

The term «x-radiation» is regularly used and occupies the 87.997 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
59
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «x-radiation» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of x-radiation
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «x-radiation».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «X-RADIATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «x-radiation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «x-radiation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about x-radiation

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «X-RADIATION»

Discover the use of x-radiation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to x-radiation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Low-level Radiation: Biological Interactions, Risks and ...
S X RADIATICN/DCSE LIMITS Safer X-raya, 1352 X RADIATION/DOSE- RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS Effect ef graded doses of Ionizing radiation on the human teatls. Progreta report, October 1, 1975- Septeier 30, 197«, 1962 ( RLO/ 240i-a) X ...
‎1978
2
Medical Physics
X-radiation is electromagnetic radiation of high photon energy. It is produced when charged particles, usually electrons, moving at high speed are slowed down rapidly by striking a target. Only about one per cent of the energy of the electrons ...
Martin Hollins, 2001
3
Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science
Fluorescent (characteiistic) X-radiation, and (3) Primary X radiation. Scattered X- Radiation. Exptriments on the quality, polarisation, distiibution, and the intensity of the scattered radiation from any given substance, show that it is a radiation ...
‎1816
4
Equipment for Diagnostic Radiography
14 Protection and monitoring of patients and staff 162 163 164 164 164 165 165 166 166 167 167 THE EFFECTS OF X-RADIATION ON THE HUMAN BODY X- rays, in common with certain other radiations in the electromagnetic spectrum, are ...
Edward Forster, 1985
5
Workbook for Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography
The EqD is obtained by multiplying D by WR. Examples of conversion of rem to Sv may be found in Appendix A of the textbook. 1. A WR has been established for each of the following ionizing radiations: x-radiation (WR 5 1); fast neutrons (WR  ...
Mary Alice Statkiewicz Sherer, Paula J. Visconti, E. Russell Ritenour, 2014
6
Radioactivity: Introduction and History: Introduction and ...
3.6 X-RADIATION 3.6.1 X-radiation following nuclide decay processes Mention has been made of the electron capture decay process whereby an electron from one of the atomic shells (generally the innermost K shell) is absorbed by the ...
Michael F. L'Annunziata, 2007
7
Progress in Nuclear Physics
BROWN, HANNA and YAFFE (1951) have detected K X-radiation of potassium from calcium after irradiation with thermal neutrons. This was ascribed to a hitherto undetected K capture activity in Ca“. Considerable precautions were taken to ...
O. R. Frisch, 1961
8
Springer Handbook of Medical Technology
35.1. X-Radiation. 1896 patient, Vienna: 70 years later Fig. 35.1 First radiation treatment to remove a nevus pigmentosus et papillomatosus (after [35.1]) On 8 November 1895 at Würzburg University's Institute of Physics, W.C. Röntgen ...
Rüdiger Kramme, Klaus-Peter Hoffmann, Robert Steven Pozos, 2011
9
Cancer Gene Therapy: New Insights for the Healthcare ...
University. of. Toronto: Molecularly. targeted. gold. nanoparticles. enhance. the. radiation. response. of. breast. cancer. cells. and. tumor. xenografts. to. X- radiation. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Cancer Gene Therapy Week ...
‎2013
10
Report on Carcinogens (12th Ed. )
X-radiation and gamma radiation are known to be human carcinogens based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity from studies in humans. Cancer Studies in Humans Epidemiological studies of radiation exposure provide a consistent ...
Nat. Toxicology Program (NTP) (NIH), 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «X-RADIATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term x-radiation is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A novel source of X-rays for imaging purposes
Under these conditions, electrons emit X-radiation that is both highly energetic ('hard') and highly intense, and is therefore ideal for probing the microscopic ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
2
New Medical Device Could Make Mammography More Comfortable
Typically, they utilize low-energy X-radiation that provides a radiograph of the breast tissue and the masses that may be present within it. To increase the ... «Med Device Online, Dec 14»
3
The malaria pathogen's cellular skeleton under a super-microscope
To answer this question, the research team deciphered the structure of the globular actin proteins using X-radiation. "We were able to determine the structures of ... «Phys.Org, Apr 14»
4
Black Hole Consumes Star In Dwarf Galaxy
As the debris falls toward the black hole, an intense X-radiation is produced as the debris is heated to millions of degrees. The X-rays would diminish in a ... «RedOrbit, Jan 14»
5
Radiation as Cancer Therapy
In 1896, shortly after Röntgen invented the X-ray tube, it was found that aiming an X-radiation beam at a bleeding tumor would sometimes stop the bleeding and ... «Today's Medical Developments, Sep 13»
6
NASA Discovery: Supermassive Black Hole Swallows Surroundings …
This high energy X-radiation lights up the disk, which reflects it, making the disk a source of X-rays. The reflected light enables astronomers to see how fast ... «Design & Trend, Aug 13»
7
Facts Abou . . .
The handling of promethium requires extreme care as X-radiation can be generated when beta particles impinge on elements of a high atomic number. «LiveScience.com, Jul 13»
8
A New Look Inside the Butterfly Chrysalis
Remarkably, the insects didn't suffer from daily doses of X-radiation. Most hatched and flew away just fine. Live Science posted a gallery of some of the resulting ... «Discovery Institute, Jun 13»
9
Inhuman Radiation Experiments
The abuse of X-radiation “therapy” was also conducted throughout the '40s and '50s. Everything from ringworm to tonsillitis was “treated” with X-radiation ... «CounterPunch, Apr 13»
10
Fall equinox Saturday ups chances of seeing northern lights
One must remember that the electrons that are lost fly around as negatively charged particles; the absorbing of the solar flare's ultraviolet and x-radiation creates ... «CBS News, Sep 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. X-Radiation [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/x-radiation>. Mar 2023 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z