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[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.)

[–] pleb_maximus@feddit.de 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

German for example does this.

[–] rumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Ix-Strahlung certainly doesn't roll off the tongue.