roentgen
- n a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
- n German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923)
- Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen (1845-1923), German physicist, discovered X (or roentgen) rays; won the 1901 Nobel prize.
- He had received between 6,000 and 18,000 rem (roentgen equivalent man) of radiation, at least ten times the dose that is generally considered deadly.
- Only one of the works survives: the blue roentgen ghost of a nude, eerily transparent.