rutherford meaning and definition

RUTHERFORD noun

Definition of rutherford (noun)

1. a unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second
2. British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819)
   • synonyms: Daniel Rutherford
3. British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937)
   • synonyms: Ernest Rutherford, First Baron Rutherford, First Baron Rutherford of Nelson