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roentgen
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What does roentgen mean?
noun
- Alternative form of röntgen.
proper noun
- Alternative form of Röntgen.
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No one ventured inside the fence surrounding ground zero, and no one received an exposure greater than 1 roentgen (1; 16).
The late revelations of chemistry, Roentgen rays, x-rays, radio-activity of metals, etc., throw an interesting light upon the seemingly infinite divisibility of matter.
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Such incidents brought out in narration the fact that many of the men working with him had been less fortunate, particularly those who had experimented with the Roentgen X-ray, whose ravages, like those of leprosy, were responsible for the mutilation and death of at least one expert assistant.