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What does X-ray mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word X-ray? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. Short wavelength electromagnetic radiation usually produced by bombarding a metal target in a vacuum. Used to create images of the internal structure of objects; this is possible because X-rays pass through most objects and can expose photographic film.
  2. A radiograph: a photograph made with X-rays.
  3. An X-ray machine.
  4. The letter X in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
Verb
  1. (transitive, informal) To take a radiograph of; to obtain an image of using X-ray radiation, especially for the purpose of medical diagnostic evaluation.
Adjective
  1. Of or having to do with X-rays.
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