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• Roentgen ray
  Roentgen ray

  noun

  x-ray.
• roentgen ray
  roentgen ray

  noun

  a former name for X-ray

Roentgen ray

American  

noun

1. (sometimes lowercase) x-ray.

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roentgen ray British  

noun

1. a former name for X-ray

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Etymology

Origin of Roentgen ray

First recorded in 1895–1900

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But nothing less than the Roentgen ray would have revealed the young man, who was stealthily watching the ferocious buck.

From Two Boys in Wyoming A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

Even the Roentgen ray apparatus has quickly won its way, and psychotherapy is less expensive.

From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo

Almost do we think that the Roentgen ray, the wireless telegraphy, the analysis of the light of the stars, the serum control of disease are the product of what we might call pure fancy.

From The Holy Earth by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

In view of the discovery of the X or Roentgen ray, the ability to see through a stone wall does not seem so strange as it did before that discovery.

From Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use by Alpheus, A.

He discovered that sound-vibrations rule the universe, that they may be turned into a musical Roentgen ray.

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James

Dr. Lawrence N. Smith of Boston reported to the doctors that, in 750 cases, he found that roentgen ray treatment reduced the severity of the paroxyms and shortened the course of the disease.

From Time Magazine Archive