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Roentgen

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



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"Roentgen" Quotes from Famous Books



... new angle toward the sun. Indeed, our earth bears about in the body the marks of its entire history, so that the scientist is able to tell with wondrous accuracy the events of a hundred thousand years ago. Already the Roentgen ray foretells the time when "nothing shall be covered that shall not be revealed, neither hid that shall not be known; when that which was done in secret shall be proclaimed from the housetops." Professor Babbage, the mathematician, ...
— A Man's Value to Society - Studies in Self Culture and Character • Newell Dwight Hillis



Words linked to "Roentgen" :   physicist, radioactivity unit, Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen, r



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