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German
Etymology
X + Strahl, coined by Wilhelm Röntgen in 1895.
Pronunciation
Noun
X-Strahl m (mixed, genitive X-Strahles or X-Strahls, plural X-Strahlen)
- (obsolete, physics, usually in the plural) X-ray
- Synonym: Röntgenstrahl
1908, Arthur Brehmer, editor, Die Welt in hundert Jahren:Das würde in gewisser Hinsicht eine Anwendung der X-Strahlen, zur Entdeckung von außerhalb unseres Raumes, für uns sonst verborgenen Körpern sein. Und so würde nicht Licht, sondern „sichtbare Finsternis“ in den Dienst der Wissenschaft gestellt werden, und dadurch würden Dinge entdeckt werden, an die jetzt zu denken für uns unmöglich ist.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Descendants
- → English: X-ray (calque)
Further reading
- “X-Strahl” in Duden online
- “X-Strahl” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache