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What does the x in x-ray stand for?

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Nothing. The X comes from the mathematical sign for an unknown.

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What does the x stand for in x-ray?
The X is not an abbreviation of another word. X-Radiation is a form of electromagnetic Radiation having a wavelength of 0.01 to 10 nometers. In other languages XRays may be called Rontgen Radiation...
What does the x stand for x-ray?
The "x" is not an abbreviation of another word. It's the "x' from algebra, which means unknown quantity.
What does x stands for in x-ray?
X means nothing special in X-ray. X-ray in Urdu means na-maloum Shwaien which in englih means un-known rays.
What does the x stand for in x- ray?
It is the mathematical sign for unknown or may stand for xenography.
What does X stand for in X-Ray?
X= Unknown, of course now we know they are caused by the electromagnetic radiation released when ionized particles in an x-ray tube hit the target and are scattered as x-rays.