Associations to the word «Roentgen»

Dictionary definition

ROENTGEN, noun. A unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air.
ROENTGEN, noun. German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923).

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
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