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Rontgen

noun
1.
German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923).  Synonyms: Roentgen, Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen.






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... including its development from the reproductive cells. Concerning the modus operandi we know nothing: the phenomena may be due, as Hering suggests, to molecular vibrations, which must be at least as distinct from ordinary physical disturbances as Rontgen's rays are from ordinary light; or it may be correlated, as we ourselves are inclined to think, with complex chemical changes in an intricate but orderly succession. For the present, at least, ...
— Unconscious Memory • Samuel Butler



Words linked to "Rontgen" :   Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, roentgen, physicist



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