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energy beams of short wavelengths (0.01 to 10 nm) or corresponding quanta produced by high velocity electrons that impinge on various materials and can penetrate most substances; used for photographic imaging of body regions, destruction of undesirable tissue, experimental mutagenesis, and crystallographic and other applications; for x ray visualization use radiography.

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2535-1343