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Rutherford

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Noun

1. rutherford

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

2. daniel rutherford, rutherford

British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819)

3. ernest rutherford, first baron rutherford, first baron rutherford of nelson, rutherford

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

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Rutherford

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noun
1. 
Ernest, 1st Baron. 1871–1937, British physicist, born in New Zealand, who discovered the atomic nucleus (1909). Nobel prize for chemistry 1908
2. 
Dame Margaret. 1892–1972, British stage and screen actress. Her films include Passport to Pimlico (1949), Murder She Said (1962), and The VIPs (1963)
3. 
Mark, original name William Hale White. 1831–1913, British novelist and writer, whose work deals with his religious uncertainties: best known for The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford (1881) and the novel The Revolution in Tanner's Lane (1887)
noun
a unit of activity equal to the quantity of a radioactive nuclide required to produce one million disintegrations per second
. Abbreviation: rd

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Rutherford

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1. 
ErnestBaron Rutherford of Nelson 1871-1937; Brit. physicist, born in New Zealand
2. 
Joseph Franklin1869-1942; U.S. leader of Jehovah's Witnesses
noun
a unit for measuring radioactive decay, equal to the mass (of a given substance) required to give off one million disintegrations per second; one million becquerels: symbol, rd

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rutherford

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New Zealand physicist who classified radiation into alpha, beta, and gamma types and discovered the atomic nucleus. He won the 1908 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
British chemist and physician who is credited with the discovery of nitrogen.
n. Abbr. rd
A unit expressing the rate of decay of radioactive material, equal to one million disintegrations per second, or one million becquerels.

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