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BECQUEREL
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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:
Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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)
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