ROENTGEN

unit of X radiation or gamma radiation, the amount that will produce, under normal conditions of pressure, temperature, and humidity, in 1 cubic cm (0.001293 gram) of air, an amount of positive or negative ionization equal to one electrostatic unit of charge (an electric charge that will repel a similar charge at 1 cm distance with a force of one dyne). It is named for the German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Rntgen. See also rem.