[rent-guh n, -juh n, ruhnt-; Germanrœnt-guh n; Dutchroont-khuh n] /ˈrɛnt gən, -dʒən, ˈrʌnt-; German ˈrœnt gən; Dutch ˈrunt xən/
noun
1.
Julius
[yoo-lee-uh s] /ˈyu li əs/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
2.
Wilhelm Konrad
[wil-helm kon-rad;; German vil-helm kawn-raht] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈkɒn ræd;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈkɔn rɑt/ (Show IPA), Roentgen, Wilhelm Konrad.
British Dictionary definitions for Röntgen
roentgen
/ˈrɒntɡən; -tjən; ˈrɛnt-/
noun
1.
a unit of dose of electromagnetic radiation equal to the dose that will produce in air a charge of 0.258 × 10–3 coulomb on all ions of one sign, when all the electrons of both signs liberated in a volume of air of mass one kilogram are stopped completely R, r
Word Origin
C20: named after W. K. Roentgen
Roentgen
/ˈrɒntɡən; -tjən; ˈrɛnt-; German ˈrœntɡən/
noun
1.
Wilhelm Konrad (ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈkɔnraːt). 1845–1923, German physicist, who in 1895 discovered X-rays: Nobel prize for physics 1901