Ruth·er·ford (r    r-frd), Daniel 1749-1819. British chemist and physician who is credited with the discovery of nitrogen. |
| Rutherford, Ernest. First Baron Rutherford of Nelson. 1871-1937. New Zealand-born British physicist who classified radiation into alpha, beta, and gamma types and discovered the atomic nucleus. He won the 1908 Nobel Prize in chemistry. |
| ruth·er·ford (rr-frd) n. Abbr. rd A unit expressing the rate of decay of radioactive material, equal to one million disintegrations per second. [After Ernest Rutherford.] |
rutherford [ˈrʌðəfəd]
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(Mathematics & Measurements / Units) a unit of activity equal to the quantity of a radioactive nuclide required to produce one million disintegrations per second Abbreviation rd
[named after Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford (1871-1937), New Zealand-born British physicist]
Rutherford [ˈrʌðəfəd]
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1. (Biographies / Rutherford, Ernest, 1st Baron (1871-1937) M, Britishnational of birth: New Zealand, SCIENCE: physicist) Ernest, 1st Baron. 1871-1937, British physicist, born in New Zealand, who discovered the atomic nucleus (1909). Nobel prize for chemistry 1908
2. (Biographies / Rutherford, Margaret (1892-1972) F, British, THEATRE: stage actress, FILMS AND TV: actress) 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. (Biographies / Rutherford, Mark (1831-1913) M, British, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: writer) 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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| Noun | 1. | rutherford - a unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second radioactivity unit - a measure of radioactivity |
| 2. | Rutherford - British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819) | |
| 3. |  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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