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[–] cafeinux@infosec.pub 41 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Pilgrim 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Malgas 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

German for example does this.

[–] rumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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

[–] blindsight 4 points 8 months ago

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