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Rutherford   /rˈəθərfərd/   Listen
Rutherford

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



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"Rutherford" Quotes from Famous Books



... 1876.—The Republican candidate for President was Rutherford B. Hayes; [6] the Democratic candidate was Samuel J. Tilden. The admission of Colorado in August, 1876, made thirty-eight states, casting 369 electoral votes. A candidate to be elected therefore needed at least 185 electoral votes. So close was the contest that the election ...
— A Brief History of the United States • John Bach McMaster
... Mimi: a Nibelung. Alberich: King of the Nibelungs. Prince Hagen: his grandson. Mrs. Isman. Hicks: a butler. Mrs. Bagley-Willis: mistress of Society. John Isman: a railroad magnate. Estelle Isman: his daughter. Plimpton: the coal baron. Rutherford: lord of steel. De Wiggleston Riggs: cotillon leader. Lord Alderdyce: seeing America. Calkins: Prince Hagen's ...
— Prince Hagen • Upton Sinclair
... song about the middle of the century, in imitation of an old version to the same tune. The other version, which is the most popular of the three, with the opening line, "I 've seen the smiling of fortune beguiling," was also the composition of a lady, Miss Alison Rutherford; by marriage, Mrs Cockburn, wife of Mr Patrick Cockburn, advocate. Mrs Cockburn was a person of highly superior accomplishments. She associated with her learned contemporaries, by whom she was much esteemed, and died at Edinburgh in 1794, at an advanced age. "The forest" mentioned ...
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. - The Songs of Scotland of the past half century • Various


Words linked to "Rutherford" :   radioactivity unit, physicist, chemist


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