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