target of an X-ray device

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• Target — refers to: * Target Corporation, a U.S. mass merchandise retailer * Bullseye (target) * Target (Australia), an Australian mass merchandise store retailer * Gui Jean Baptiste Target (1733–1807), French lawyer * Target, Allier, a commune of the… …   Wikipedia

• X-ray machine — An X ray machine is a device used by radiographers to acquire an x ray image. They are used in various fields, notably medicine and security.HistoryShay M. Anderson and Ryan W. Preuninger formulated mathematical equations for X rays. Physicist… …   Wikipedia

• X-ray tube — noun a vacuum tube containing a metal target onto which a beam of electrons is directed at high energy for the generation of X rays • Hypernyms: ↑tube, ↑vacuum tube, ↑thermionic vacuum tube, ↑thermionic tube, ↑electron tube, ↑thermionic valve •… …   Useful english dictionary

• X-ray — [ 22 December 1895 and presented to Professor Ludwig Zehnder of the Physik Institut, University of Freiburg, on 1 January 1896. The dark oval on the third finger is a shadow produced by her ring. [cite book last = Kevles first =Bettyann Holtzmann …   Wikipedia

• Backscatter X-ray — Backscatter technology produces an image that resembles a chalk etching.[1] …   Wikipedia

• X-ray tube — An X ray tube is a vacuum tube that produces X rays. They are used in X ray machines. X rays are part of the electromagnetic spectrum, an ionizing radiation with wavelengths shorter than ultraviolet light. X ray tubes evolved from experimental… …   Wikipedia

• Cathode ray tube — Cutaway rendering of a color CRT: 1. Three Electron guns (for red, green, and blue phosphor dots) 2. Electron beams 3. Focusing coils 4. Deflection coils 5. Anode connection 6. Mask for separating beams for red,… …   Wikipedia

• Heat-Ray — The Heat Ray is the primary offensive weapon used by the Martians in the H. G. Wells s classic science fiction novel The War of the Worlds and its offshoots. In the novel Within the context of the novel, the term Heat Ray is more commonly applied …   Wikipedia

• x-ray — /eks ray /, n. Also, x ray, X ray. 1. Physics. a. Often, x rays. a form of electromagnetic radiation, similar to light but of shorter wavelength and capable of penetrating solids and of ionizing gases. b. such radiation having wavelengths in the… …   Universalium

• X-ray crystallography — can locate every atom in a zeolite, an aluminosilicate with many important applications, such as water purification. X ray crystallography is a method of determining the arrangement of atoms within a crystal, in which a beam of X rays strikes a… …   Wikipedia

• Doomsday device — This article is about the theoretical world ending destruction. For the professional wrestling maneuver, see Doomsday Device. Doomsday machine redirects here. For other uses, see Doomsday machine (disambiguation). Many hypothetical doomsday… …   Wikipedia