rutherford

Noun

• British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937)

• British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819)

• a unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Rutherford , Ernest Rutherford , First Baron Rutherford , First Baron Rutherford of Nelson , Daniel Rutherford