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rönt·gen

 (rĕnt′gən, -jən, rŭnt′-)
n.
Variant of roentgen.
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röntgen

(ˈrɒntɡən; -tjən; ˈrɛnt-)
n
(Units) a variant spelling of roentgen

Röntgen

(ˈrɒntɡən; -tjən; ˈrɛnt-; German ˈrœntɡən)
n
(Biography) a variant spelling of (Wilhelm Konrad) Roentgen
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Rönt•gen

(ˈrɛnt gən, -dʒən, ˈrʌnt-)

n.
1. Wilhelm Konrad, Roentgen, Wilhelm Konrad.
2. (l.c.) Roentgen (def. 2).
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Noun1.Rontgen - German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923)Rontgen - German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923)
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In 1895, Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen discovered X-rays, touching off a revolution in medicine: In Aschaffenburg, X-ray pioneer Friedrich Dessauer founded his own company, which later came to prominence under the name Veifa-Werke.
1896 - Die Presse newspaper (Germany) announces Wilhelm Rontgen's discovery of X-rays.
Hasta yakinmasizdir ve operasyon sonrasi rontgen, konsolidasyonun cozulmus oldugunu gostermektedir (Sekil 6).
1895: Wilhelm Rontgen discovered X-rays during an experiment at the University of Wurzburg with the flow of electricity through a partially evacuated glass tube.
IN 1895, Wilhelm Rontgen was experimenting with discharge tubes (the forefathers of our present day fluorescent tubes).
Linked with Moscovium - (Discovered in a laboratory in Moscow); Copernicium - (Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist); Roentgenium - (Wilhelm Rontgen); Meitnerium -(Lise Meitner); Lawrencium - (Ernest Lawrence); Nobelium - (Alfred Nobel), and Rutherfordium - Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand).
It is geared towards raising the awareness of Tunisian health professionals in the army, police and health facilities about biotechnology threats, Coordinator of the Tunisian-German project on protection against biological threats Dennis Rontgen told TAP.
It is celebrated on November 8 each year, and coincides with the anniversary of Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen's 1895 discovery of X-rays, which effectively laid down the foundation for the new medical discipline of radiography.
Since nearly all coins of copper and nickel had been melted down for production of weapons and other military equipment during the last desperate days of the war, by 1921 virtually no German coinage remained in circulation (Rontgen, 1984).