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[–] cafeinux@infosec.pub 61 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 13 points 10 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 10 months ago (1 children)

German for example does this.

[–] rumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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