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minus-squarecafeinux@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up61·9 months agoγ is the Greek letter gamma. Those are γ-rays, not y-rays.
minus-squarePilgrim@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoSo why are X-rays the only ones that are just X if the rest are Greek
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 months agoIn 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.)
minus-squarerumschlumpellinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-29 months agoIx-Strahlung certainly doesn’t roll off the tongue.
minus-squareblindsight@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoHere’s a link with more details on the story
γ is the Greek letter gamma. Those are γ-rays, not y-rays.
So why are X-rays the only ones that are just X if the rest are Greek
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.)
German for example does this.
Ix-Strahlung certainly doesn’t roll off the tongue.
Here’s a link with more details on the story