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  • (Physics) A vacuum tube suitable for producing Röntgen rays.

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  • noun A device that produces X-rays by directing energetic electrons into a metal target.

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  • noun a vacuum tube containing a metal target onto which a beam of electrons is directed at high energy for the generation of X rays

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