x-ray machine

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   an apparatus that provides a source of X rays

   Broaderapparatus

   Narrowerfluoroscopetomograph

   PartsX-ray tube

Questions about x-ray machine

What does x-ray machine mean?

x-ray machine means "an apparatus that provides a source of X rays".

Is x-ray machine a common word?

x-ray machine 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.