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
Example Sentences
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"There has been an intense debate about the origin of the strange properties of water for over a century since the early work of Wolfgang Röntgen," explains Anders Nilsson.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026
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
In 1901, Röntgen was awarded the first Nobel Prize for physics for his work in this field.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
When the swelling is great, it is often necessary to have recourse to the Röntgen rays to make certain that there is no fracture or dislocation.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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