rutherford

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second
noun British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819)
noun British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937)

After Ernest Rutherford.

She gazed at Rutherford dully. — The Man Upstairs and Other Stories, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
"Captains Harkness, Rutherford, Hallowell, and McIvor! — The Reckoning, Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
"One of them is," answered Rutherford. — In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim, Frances Hodgson Burnett

Type a word, a sentence, a book title, or a link to an English article. WordNet and the Classics answer.

Try

A library of classics · a vault of words · instant etymology & meaning