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x-ray

[eks-rey] / ˈɛksˌreɪ /


X ray


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These X ray scans allow scientists to examine the physical structure and form of insects, an area of research known as morphology.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

By tracking repeating patterns in both X ray and radio signals from the event, the researchers found that the disk and the jet were wobbling together.

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2025

And there can be a bleakness to the light; it’s like an X ray, penetrating everything.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 15, 2014

It is only the X ray that can tell us the internal arrangement of the crystal.

From Scientific American • Jun. 28, 2012

The doctor showed me the chip in the bone in the first X ray.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers




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