X-RAY MACHINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does X-ray machine mean? 

• X-RAY MACHINE (noun)
  The noun X-RAY MACHINE has 1 sense:

1. an apparatus that provides a source of X rays

  Familiarity information: X-RAY MACHINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• X-RAY MACHINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An apparatus that provides a source of X rays

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("X-ray machine" is a kind of...):

apparatus; setup (equipment designed to serve a specific function)

Meronyms (parts of "X-ray machine"):

X-ray tube (a vacuum tube containing a metal target onto which a beam of electrons is directed at high energy for the generation of X rays)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "X-ray machine"):

fluoroscope; roentgenoscope (an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation)

tomograph (X-ray machine in which a computer builds a detailed image of a particular plane through an object from multiple X-ray measurements)

 Context examples 

An x-ray machine that makes it possible to see internal organs in motion.

(Fluoroscope, NCI Dictionary)

The pictures are created by a computer linked to an x-ray machine.

(CAT scan, NCI Dictionary)

The pictures are taken from different angles and are created by a computer linked to an x-ray machine.

(Computed tomography angiography, NCI Dictionary)

A series of detailed pictures of areas inside the body; the pictures are created by a computer linked to an x-ray machine.

(Computed Tomography, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The pictures are created by a computer linked to an x-ray machine that scans the body in a spiral path.

(Helical computed tomography, NCI Dictionary)

The table slowly passes through the center of a large X-ray machine.

(CT Scans, NIH: National Cancer Institute)