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rutherford

rut·her·ford

UK/ˈrʌðərfərd/ US/ˈrʌθɜrfɜrd/ uncommon rare

noun

1.

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

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Origin

From Old English hryþer (“cattle”) + ford (“ford”). The first element is from Proto-Germanic *hrunþaz.

Phrases

  • East Rutherford
  • Rutherford atom
  • Rutherford County
  • Rutherford model
  • Rutherford scattering
  • Rutherford-Bohr model

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