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t_man132003 asked in Science & MathematicsPhysics · 1 decade ago

The "X" in X-Ray?

What does the X in X-Ray stand for??

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  • Tim
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    It just stands for unknown, as in unknown radiation. Using x since in math x is usually the unknown variable.

    Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xray#R.C3.B6ntgen
  • Doctor B
    1 decade ago

    Röntgen referred to the radiation as "X", to indicate that it was an unknown type of radiation.

    Röntgen was the father of x-ray technology

    Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray
  • Dave B.
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Unknown. The discovere didn't exactly know what caused the rays.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    When Roentgen (1895) discovered radiation given off by a cathode tube, the name "X" was given to the phenomenom until it could be precisely identified.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    the X stands for unknown.

    Source(s): http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blxra...
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Xenos meaning unknown. and xenophobia means fear of the unknown.

  • xGoldScorpionx
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    i think thay made the name up

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