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BECQUEREL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

French physicist who discovered that rays emitted by uranium salts affect photographic plates (1852-1908)

Synonyms:

Antoine Henri Becquerel; Becquerel; Henri Becquerel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A unit of specific radioactivity (massic activity) equal to activity of one becquerel of the sample with total mass of one microgram.

(Becquerel per Microgram, NCI Thesaurus)

A metric unit of volumetric radioactivity concentration defined as a concentration of a radionuclide with an activity equal to one becquerel per unit volume equal to one millionth of a liter.

(Becquerel per Microliter, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of specific radioactivity (massic activity) equal to activity of one becquerel of the sample with total mass of one milligram.

(Becquerel per Milligram, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of specific radioactivity (massic activity) equal to activity of one becquerel of the sample with total mass of one gram.

(Becquerel per Gram, NCI Thesaurus)