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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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  1. n. a vacuum tube containing a metal target onto which a beam of electrons is directed at high energy for the generation of X rays
  2. A vacuum tube suitable for producing Röntgen rays.