"X-ray tube" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: X-ray tubes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} X-ray tube (plural X-ray tubes)
  1. A device that produces X-rays by directing energetic electrons into a metal target. Wikipedia link: X-ray tube Translations (X-ray tube): røntgenrør [neuter] (Danish), Röntgenröhre [feminine] (German), røntgenrør [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), røntgenrøyr [feminine, neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-X-ray_tube-en-noun-sqctOr6A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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