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minus-squarePilgrim@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 个月前So why are X-rays the only ones that are just X if the rest are Greek
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 个月前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.)
minus-squarerumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 个月前Ix-Strahlung certainly doesn’t roll off the tongue.
minus-squareblindsight@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 个月前Here’s a link with more details on the story
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.
Here’s a link with more details on the story