x-radiation

x-radiation (countable and uncountable, plural x-radiations)

1. Alternative form of X-radiation
   • 1950, Roberts Rugh, The Immediate and Delayed Morphological Effects of X-Radiations on Meiotic Chromosomes, page 4:

     It was therefore planned that the meiotic stages in spermatogenesis of this species should be subjected to x-radiations with and without the maturation-stimulating influences of the anterior pituitary hormone, to determine the rapidity with which the physical changes in chromosomes are brought about by x-radiation.

   • 2010, Leia Levy, Mosby’s Radiation Therapy Study Guide and Exam Review:

     Radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum used in radiation therapy includes gamma and x-radiation; x-rays and gamma rays are found at the upper end of the spectrum with short wavelengths, high frequency, and high energies.

   • 2014, Frank B. A. Früngel, Capacitor Discharges - Magnetohydrodynamics - X-Rays, page 292:

     With voltages above about 200 kV, in addition to efficiency we must consider the Compton effect, that is, the emission of x-radiation in a preferred direction instead of radiation with a spherical characteristic.

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