Röntgen
noun
Julius 1855–1932, Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
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Röntgen
American
[rent-guhn, -juhn, ruhnt-, rœnt-guhn, roont-kh uhn]
/ ˈrɛnt gən, -dʒən, ˈrʌnt-, ˈrœnt gən, ˈrunt xən /
noun
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Julius 1855–1932, Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
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Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, Wilhelm Konrad.
Röntgen
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British
/ ˈrɒntɡən, ˈrœntɡən, ˈrɛnt-, -tjən /
noun
röntgen
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British
/ ˈrɒntɡən, ˈrɛnt-, -tjən /
noun
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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays while studying electrical currents flowing through glass tubes.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026
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 ● Aug. 2, 2023
Röntgen called these invisible rays X-rays, because he didn’t know exactly what they were.
From Slate ● May 4, 2016
And hadn’t he offered Röntgen advice about constructing the cathode-ray tube used for this discovery, which Röntgen didn’t even have the good grace to acknowledge?
From Scientific American ● Feb. 13, 2015
The diagnosis is only to be made by exclusion, or by the use of the Röntgen rays.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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