English Explanatory Dictionary

becquerel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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
name
  1. A surname from French.

Pronunciation

[bɛkəˈɹɛɫ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-becquerel.wav

Word forms

becquerel becquerels

Etymology

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

Derived words

femtobecquerel gigabecquerel hectobecquerel kilobecquerel megabecquerel petabecquerel terabecquerel Becquerel ray becquerelium
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