X-ray vs increase

X-ray

noun
  • A radiograph: a photograph made with X-rays. 

  • Short wavelength electromagnetic radiation usually produced by bombarding a metal target in a vacuum. Used to create images of the internal structure of objects; this is possible because X-rays pass through most objects and can expose photographic film. 

  • An X-ray machine. 

adj
  • Of or having to do with X-rays. 

verb
  • To take a radiograph of; to obtain an image of using X-ray radiation, especially for the purpose of medical diagnostic evaluation. 

increase

noun
  • The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting). 

  • For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger 

  • Offspring, progeny 

  • An amount by which a quantity is increased. 

verb
  • To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific. 

  • To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax. 

  • To make (a quantity, etc.) larger. 

  • (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater. 

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