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NOUN (2)

1. a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air;
[syn: roentgen, R]

2. German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923);
[syn: Roentgen, Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, Rontgen, Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rontgen \R["o]nt"gen\, Roentgen \Roent"gen\, a.
   Of or pertaining to the German physicist Wilhelm Konrad
   R["o]ntgen, or the rays discovered by him; as, R["o]ntgen
   apparatus.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]