Rontgen

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rontgen \R["o]nt"gen\, Roentgen \Roent"gen\, a.
     Of or pertaining to the German physicist Wilhelm Konrad
     R["o]ntgen, or the rays discovered by him; as, R["o]ntgen
     apparatus.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Rontgen
       n : German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed
           roentgenography (1845-1923) [syn: {Roentgen}, {Wilhelm
           Konrad Roentgen}, {Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen}]