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becquerel

 

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Noun becquerel has 1 sense
  1. Becquerel, Henri Becquerel, Antoine Henri Becquerel - French physicist who discovered that rays emitted by uranium salts affect photographic plates (1852-1908)
    --1 is a kind of physicist

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Becquerel

Definition

A becquerel is a unit of radioactivity, equal to one nuclear decay event per second.

Senses and Usages

Sense 1 (Noun): Measurement of Radioactivity

In the field of nuclear physics, a becquerel is used as a measurement unit for radioactivity.

Sample Sentence: The radiation level of the substance was measured to be 100 becquerels.

Sense 2 (Proper Noun): Antoine Henri Becquerel

Becquerel can also refer to Antoine Henri Becquerel, a French physicist who discovered radioactivity.

Sample Sentence: Antoine Henri Becquerel's groundbreaking experiments led to the discovery of radioactivity.

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