Röntgen

American  

[rent-guhn, -juhn, ruhnt-, rœnt-guhn, roont-khuhn] / ˈrɛnt gən, -dʒən, ˈrʌnt-, ˈrœnt gən, ˈrunt xən /

noun

1. Julius 1855–1932, Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.

2. Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, Wilhelm Konrad.

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Röntgen ¹ British  

/ -tjən, ˈrɛnt-, ˈrɒntɡən, ˈrœntɡən /

noun

1. a variant spelling of (Wilhelm Konrad) Roentgen

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röntgen ² British  

/ ˈrɒntɡən, -tjən, ˈrɛnt- /

noun

1. a variant spelling of roentgen

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Example Sentences

It wasn’t until 1895 that a physicist named Wilhelm Röntgen tried something new: He put the hand of his wife, Anna, between a cathode-ray tube and a photographic plate.

From New York Times

If, for Anna Röntgen and Hans Castorp, the X-ray produced something that was undeniably and terrifyingly their own body, I was having the opposite experience.

From New York Times

Despite this rejection, Röntgen later donated his Nobel Prize money to the University of Würzburg.

From Nature

Röntgen’s academic career had a less-than-propitious start.

From Nature

In 1895, when the German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen discovered mysterious rays that could pass through muscles, tendons and skin, he trained these invisible beams of light onto his wife’s fingers and wedding bands.

From New York Times