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X-RAY

0.01 to 10 nanometers (3 × 10^16 Hz to 3 × 10^19 Hz)

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Named X-radiation to signify an unknown type of radiation by its discoverer Wilhelm Rontgen.

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What does X-RAY mean?

X ray, X-ray, X-radiation, roentgen ray(noun)
electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target

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X-ON - X-Over - X-PACK - X-POST - X-PV - X-SCID - X-SP - X-TASS - X.X - X/OPEN

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  • Robert Caldwell
    Robert Caldwell
    X Stands for what ????
    LikeReply6 years ago
    • STANDS4
      STANDS4
      The answer is that a German physicist, Wilhelm Roentgen, discovered a new form of radiation in 1895. He called it X-radiation because he didn't know what it was. Yes, it's as simple as that. This mysterious radiation had the ability to pass through many materials that absorb visible light. X-rays also have the ability to knock electrons loose from atoms. Over the years these exceptional properties have made X-rays useful in many fields, such as medicine and research into the nature of the atom. And then, of course, there's the Chandra X-ray Observatory. 
      LikeReply5 years ago
  • Robert Caldwell
    Robert Caldwell
    What dies teh X stand för in Xray ?
    LikeReply 16 years ago
  • Zahid Khan
    Zahid Khan
    x stand for whar?
    LikeReply 28 years ago
    • STANDS4
      STANDS4
      For an unknown radiation...
      LikeReply6 years ago
  • Maemae Navarro
    Maemae Navarro
    what the kind of the x-ray
    LikeReply9 years ago

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