X-RAY TUBE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

electron tube; thermionic tube; thermionic vacuum tube; thermionic valve; tube; vacuum tube (electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope)

Holonyms ("X-ray tube" is a part of...):

X-ray machine (an apparatus that provides a source of X rays)

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