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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.
is a specific kind of: electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, tube, vacuum tube.
is a part of: X-ray machine.
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