Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roentgen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: roent-gen
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of röntgen.

name

Alternative form of Röntgen.

Example Sentences

"He was effectively hit with 3,000 Gys of radiation. This is equivalent to more than 340,000 roentgen. To place these figures into perspective, the exposed reactor at Chornobyl emitted 15,000 roentgen in its immediate vicinity after the initial explosion."

Inflected Forms

roentgens (plural)

Derived Forms

kiloroentgen microroentgen milliroentgen roentgenology roentgenoluminescence roentgenoluminescent roentgenism roentgenium roentgenize

Phrases

Roentgen radiation Roentgen ray

Synonyms

r

Questions

What does roentgen mean?: Alternative form of röntgen.

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