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x-ray tube
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun x-ray tube has 1 sense
- x-ray tube(n = noun.artifact) Array - a vacuum tube containing a metal target onto which a beam of electrons is directed at high energy for the generation of X rays; Array is a kind of electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, tube, vacuum tube
is a part of x-ray machine
CIDE DICTIONARY
x-ray tube,
A vacuum tube suitable for producing Röntgen rays. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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