Meaning Of The Word Becquerel
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Becquerel in American English
Alexˈandre Edˈmond (alɛksɑ̃dʀə ɛdˈmɔ̃̃) 1820-91; Fr. physicist: father of Antoine Henri the basic unit of radioactivity in the SI system, equal to a rate of decay of one disintegration per second (2.7 × 10-11 curies): abbrev. Bq Becquerel in British English noun: Antoine Henri (ɑ̃twan ɑ̃ri ). 1852–1908, French physicist, who discovered the photographic action of the rays emitted by uranium salts and so instigated the study of radioactivity: Nobel prize for physics 1903 noun: the derived SI unit of radioactivity equal to one disintegration per second |
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