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rutherford
noun
    1. physics.
      (symbol rd) a former unit of radioactive disintegration, equal to 1 million disintegrations per second. Compare becquerel, curie.
Etymology: 1940s: named after Ernest Rutherford (1871‐1937), New Zealand-born British physicist.



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