RONTGEN

Roentgen, Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, Rontgen, Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen

(noun) German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Rönt"gen, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to the German physicist Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen, or the rays discovered by him; as, Röntgen apparatus.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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BEQUEATH

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