Röntgen Synonyms

rentgən, renchən
A unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. r
German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen
  2. rontgen
  3. Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen

Röntgen Sentence Examples

  • Chips was recently for a final a quinine factory roentgen rays.

  • X rays were accidentally discovered in 1895 by German physicist Wilhem Roentgen (1845-1923), who was later awarded the first Nobel Prize in physics for his discovery.

  • Roentgen was also a photographer and almost immediately realized that the shadows created when x rays passed through the body could be permanently recorded on photographic plates.

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