Meaning

1 senses
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radioactive activity; the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second. Symbol: Bq

    Becquerel

    беккере́льbekkerélʹ

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

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Origin

Borrowed from French becquerel. Named after the French physicist Henri Becquerel.

Borrowed from French becquerel. Named after the French physicist Henri Becquerel.

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Forms

plural: becquerels
Singularbecquerel
Pluralbecquerels

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Synonyms

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Word family

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