What does "becquerel" mean?

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

Q: What is a synonym for "becquerel"?

Common synonyms include: activity unit, physicist, radioactivity unit, scientist, unit of activity.

/[bɛkəˈɹɛɫ]/ name, noun

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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

Proper Noun

1
A surname from French.

Synonyms

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activity unit physicist radioactivity unit scientist unit of activity

Antonyms

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no activity zero activity

Etymology

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

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