X-raying Definition

X-ray
noun

1. An electromagnetic ray which can pass through many substances that are opaque to light, producing on photographic film an image of the object passed through.
2. A photograph taken using X-rays.

Thesaurus: radiogram, radiograph, roentgenogram.
3. A medical examination using X-rays.
4. communications.
In the NATO alphabet: the word used to denote the letter ‘X'.
Form: Xray

verb

X-rayed, X-raying
1. To take a photograph of something using X-rays.

Etymology: 1890s: X² (called X because at the time of their discovery in 1895, the nature of the rays was unknown) + ray¹.