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minus-square Malgas ( @Malgas@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish12•4 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 ) linkfedilink3•4 months agoGerman for example does this.
minus-square rumschlumpel ( @rumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilink2•edit-24 months agoIx-Strahlung certainly doesn’t roll off the tongue.
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.