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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 year agoSo why are X-rays the only ones that are just X if the rest are Greek
minus-squareMalgaslinkfedilinkEnglish13•1 year 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@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-21 year agoIx-Strahlung certainly doesn’t roll off the tongue.
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.
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