Röntgen

[ rent-guhn, -juhn, ruhnt-; German rœnt-guhn; Dutch roont-khuhn ]

noun

1. Ju·li·us [yoo, -lee-, uh, s], 1855–1932, Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
2. Wil·helm Kon·rad [wil, -helm , kon, -rad, vil, -helm , kawn, -, r, aht]. Roentgen, Wilhelm Konrad.

Röntgen

¹

/ -tjən; ˈrɛnt-; ˈrɒntɡən; ˈrœntɡən /

noun

1. a variant spelling of (Wilhelm Konrad) Roentgen

röntgen

²

/ ˈrɒntɡən; -tjən; ˈrɛnt- /

noun

1. a variant spelling of roentgen

Example Sentences

If, for Anna Röntgen and Hans Castorp, the X-ray produced something that was undeniably and terrifyingly their own body, I was having the opposite experience.

From New York Times

It wasn’t until 1895 that a physicist named Wilhelm Röntgen tried something new: He put the hand of his wife, Anna, between a cathode-ray tube and a photographic plate.

From New York Times

That is why paranormal happenings are classified in the X-files and why Wilhelm Röntgen came up with the term X-ray.

From Literature

Despite this rejection, Röntgen later donated his Nobel Prize money to the University of Würzburg.

From Nature

Röntgen’s academic career had a less-than-propitious start.

From Nature