x-ray tube

English Thesaurus

1. a vacuum tube containing a metal target onto which a beam of electrons is directed at high energy for the generation of X rays (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, tube, vacuum tube,
definition	:	electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	x-ray machine,
definition	:	an apparatus that provides a source of X rays (noun.artifact)