RUTHERFORD

Definition:

1. [noun] a unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second
   
   
2. [noun] British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819)
   Synonyms: Rutherford, Daniel Rutherford
   
   
3. [noun] British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937)
   Synonyms: Rutherford, Ernest Rutherford, First Baron Rutherford, First Baron Rutherford of Nelson
   
   

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