Roentgen
Meaning of Roentgen
noun
a unit of ionizing radiation, the amount producing one electrostatic unit of positive or negative ionic charge in one cubic centimetre of air under standard conditions.
1920s: named after Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845–1923), German physicist, discoverer of X-rays.
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Hyphenation of Roentgen
Roent-gen
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- Roentgen is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Roentgen synonyms
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Words that rhyme with Roentgen
Ritgen, Rontgen, Runtgen, microroentgen, milliroentgen, roentgen
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