English dictionary

rutherford

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noun

a unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second

noun.quantity

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British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819)

noun.person

Synonyms daniel rutherford

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British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937)

noun.person

Synonyms ernest rutherford first baron rutherford first baron rutherford of nelson

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