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minus-square cafeinux ( @cafeinux@infosec.pub ) linkfedilink41•7 months agoγ is the Greek letter gamma. Those are γ-rays, not y-rays.
minus-square Pilgrim ( @Pilgrim@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink5•7 months agoSo why are X-rays the only ones that are just X if the rest are Greek
minus-square Malgas ( @Malgas@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish13•7 months agoIn an 1895 paper, Röntgen used “X” to label an unknown type of radiation. And the name stuck, despite his later objections. (Some languages do call them Röntgen rays.)
minus-square Pleb ( @pleb_maximus@feddit.de ) linkfedilink4•7 months agoGerman for example does this.
minus-square rumschlumpel ( @rumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilink3•edit-27 months agoIx-Strahlung certainly doesn’t roll off the tongue.
minus-square blindsight ( @blindsight@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink4•7 months agoHere’s a link with more details on the story
γ is the Greek letter gamma. Those are γ-rays, not y-rays.
So why are X-rays the only ones that are just X if the rest are Greek
In an 1895 paper, Röntgen used “X” to label an unknown type of radiation. And the name stuck, despite his later objections. (Some languages do call them Röntgen rays.)
German for example does this.
Ix-Strahlung certainly doesn’t roll off the tongue.
Here’s a link with more details on the story