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  2. X-Ray (Amazon) - Wikipedia

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    X-Ray is a reference tool, introduced in September 2011, [1] that is incorporated in the Amazon Kindle Touch and later models, Kindle apps for mobile platforms, Amazon Fire tablets, Fire TVs and Amazon Prime Video streaming apps, and the discontinued Fire Phone. On the Kindle, general reference information is preloaded into a small file on the ...

  3. X-ray astronomy - Wikipedia

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    X-rays start at ~0.008 nm and extend across the electromagnetic spectrum to ~8 nm, over which the Earth's atmosphere is opaque.. X-ray astronomy is an observational branch of astronomy which deals with the study of X-ray observation and detection from astronomical objects.

  4. X-ray detector - Wikipedia

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    Fish bone pierced in the upper esophagus. Right image without contrast medium, left image during swallowing with contrast medium. To obtain an image with any type of image detector the part of the patient to be X-rayed is placed between the X-ray source and the image receptor to produce a shadow of the internal structure of that particular part of the body.

  5. X-ray - Wikipedia

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    Natural color X-ray photogram of a wine scene. Note the edges of hollow cylinders as compared to the solid candle. William Coolidge explains medical imaging and X-rays.. An X-ray (also known in many languages as Röntgen radiation) is a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than those of ultraviolet rays and longer than those of gamma rays.

  6. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/April 2006 ...

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    For example, if new hires get a lower retirement package than the current employees, the better package will cease to exist once the last current employee dies of old age. If the company starts encouraging the older employees to smoke and eat unhealthy foods, you might get a little suspicious, LOL. StuRat 03:13, 2 April 2006 (UTC)