x-radiation

Questions about x-radiation

What does x-radiation mean?

x-radiation means "electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in x-radiation?

x-radiation has 5 syllables and divides as x-ra-di-a-ti-on under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for x-radiation?

Close synonyms include X ray, X-ray, roentgen ray, X-raying. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is x-radiation a common word?

x-radiation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.