becquerel

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Definition

noun French physicist who discovered that rays emitted by uranium salts affect photographic plates (1852-1908)

Borrowed from French becquerel. Named after the French physicist Henri Becquerel.

I was struck anew with the wonderful power of this woman, with her long nun's face and burning eyes--this brilliant successor of Becquerel and the Curies. — The Big Four, Agatha Christie
Cyrus Harding, after mature consideration, decided to manufacture a very simple battery, resembling as nearly as possible that invented by Becquerel in 1820, and in which zinc only is employed. — The Mysterious Island, Jules Verne

Henri Becquerel, Antoine Henri Becquerel

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