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English noun: rutherford

1. rutherford (quantity) a unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second


Broader (hypernym)radioactivity unit

2. Rutherford (person) British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819)


SynonymsDaniel Rutherford


Instance hypernymchemist

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


SynonymsErnest Rutherford, First Baron Rutherford, First Baron Rutherford of Nelson


Instance hypernymphysicist









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