- a unit of activity equal to the quantity of a radioactive nuclide required to produce one million disintegrations per secondAbbreviation: rd
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rutherford /ˈrʌðəfəd/ n
Ruth•er•ford
(ruᵺ′ər fərd, ruth′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Biographical Daniel, 1749–1819, Scottish physician and chemist: discoverer of nitrogen.
- Biographical Ernest (1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson), 1871–1937, English physicist, born in New Zealand: Nobel prize for chemistry 1908.
- Biographical John Sherman (Johnny), born 1938, U.S. racing-car driver.
- Biographical Joseph Franklin, 1869–1942, U.S. leader of Jehovah's Witnesses.
- Biographical Dame Margaret, 1892–1972, British actress.
- Place Namesa city in NE New Jersey. 19,068.
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Rutherford /ˈrʌðəfəd/ n
- Ernest, 1st Baron. 1871–1937, British physicist, born in New Zealand, who discovered the atomic nucleus (1909). Nobel prize for chemistry 1908
- Dame Margaret. 1892–1972, British stage and screen actress. Her films include Passport to Pimlico (1949), Murder She Said (1962), and The VIPs (1963)
- 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)
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