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[-] cafeinux@infosec.pub 60 points 4 months ago

γ is the Greek letter gamma. Those are γ-rays, not y-rays.

[-] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago

So why are X-rays the only ones that are just X if the rest are Greek

[-] Malgas@beehaw.org 12 points 4 months ago

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 3 points 4 months ago

German for example does this.

[-] rumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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

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