Röntgen

American  

[rent-guhn, -juhn, ruhnt-, rœnt-guhn, roont-khuhn] / ˈrɛnt gən, -dʒən, ˈrʌnt-, ˈrœnt gən, ˈrunt xən /

noun

1. Julius 1855–1932, Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.

2. Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, Wilhelm Konrad.

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Röntgen ¹ British  

/ -tjən, ˈrɛnt-, ˈrɒntɡən, ˈrœntɡən /

noun

1. a variant spelling of (Wilhelm Konrad) Roentgen

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röntgen ² British  

/ ˈrɒntɡən, -tjən, ˈrɛnt- /

noun

1. a variant spelling of roentgen

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Example Sentences

"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

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, Wilhelm Röntgen was the first person to win the Nobel Prize for physics.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Leonardo da Vinci was 51 years old when he started painting the Mona Lisa, and Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was 50 when he discovered the X-ray.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2011

The Röntgen rays are useful in determining the presence and position of a foreign body.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander