Meaning & Definition of Rutherford in English
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Rutherford
/rəθərfərd/
noun
1. A unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second
synonym:
- rutherford
2. British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819)
synonym:
- Rutherford,
- Daniel Rutherford
3. British physicist (born in new zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937)
synonym:
- Rutherford,
- Ernest Rutherford,
- First Baron Rutherford,
- First Baron Rutherford of Nelson