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First Baron Rutherford — noun 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 of Nelson • Instance Hypernyms: ↑physicist … Useful english dictionary
Rutherford, Ernest, Baron Rutherford of Nelson, of Cambridge — ▪ British physicist Introduction born Aug. 30, 1871, Spring Grove, N.Z. died Oct. 19, 1937, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eng. New Zealand born British physicist considered the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday (Faraday, Michael)… … Universalium
Rutherford , Ernest — Rutherford , Ernest, first baron Rutherford of Nelson (1871–1937) New Zealand physicist Rutherford, who was born at Nelson in New Zealand, was certainly the greatest scientist to emerge from that country; he can also fairly be claimed to be one… … Scientists
Rutherford,Ernest — Rutherford, Ernest. First Baron Rutherford of Nelson. 1871 1937. New Zealand born British physicist who classified radiation into alpha, beta, and gamma types and discovered the atomic nucleus. He won the 1908 Nobel Prize in chemistry. * * * … Universalium
Rutherford — noun 1. British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749 1819) • Syn: ↑Daniel Rutherford • Instance Hypernyms: ↑chemist 2. British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871 1937) • … Useful english dictionary
Rutherford of Nelson, Ernest Rutherford, Baron — born Aug. 30, 1871, Spring Grove, N.Z. died Oct. 19, 1937, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eng. New Zealand born British physicist. After studies at Canterbury College, he moved to Britain to attend Cambridge University, where he worked with J.J.… … Universalium
Nelson College — Location Waimea Road, Nelson Coordinates 41°17′8″S … Wikipedia
Rutherford (surname) — The surname Rutherford, also Rutherfurd, can be traced back to the West Flemish name Ruddervoorde, a community now part of Oostkamp [http://hunthill.4t.com/custom3.html] . It may refer to:*Alexander Cameron Rutherford, Canadian politician, first… … Wikipedia
rutherford — Obsolete term for a unit of radioactivity, representing that quantity of radioactive material in which a million disintegrations are taking place per second; 37 r. = 1 mCi. See Becquerel. [Ernest R., British physicist and Nobel laureate,… … Medical dictionary
Ernest Rutherford — noun British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871 1937) • Syn: ↑Rutherford, ↑First Baron Rutherford, ↑First Baron Rutherford of Nelson • Instance Hypernyms: ↑physicist *… … Useful english dictionary
