ROENTGEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Roentgen mean? 

• ROENTGEN (noun)
  The noun ROENTGEN has 2 senses:

1. a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air

2. German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923)

  Familiarity information: ROENTGEN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROENTGEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

R; roentgen

Hypernyms ("roentgen" is a kind of...):

radioactivity unit (a measure of radioactivity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Roentgen; Rontgen; Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen; Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)