X-RAY MACHINE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)