name
Meaning 1
A surname from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
becquerel
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: [bɛkəˈɹɛɫ]
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noun
Meaning 2
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
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noun
Meaning 3
French physicist who discovered that rays emitted by uranium salts affect photographic plates (1852-1908)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Henri Becquerel, Antoine Henri Becquerel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physicist
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French becquerel. Named after the French physicist Henri Becquerel.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: becquerel — unit of radioactive activity
- Chinese Mandarin: 貝克勒爾 /贝克勒尔 (bèikèlè'ěr) — unit of radioactive activity
- Chinese Mandarin: 貝可勒爾 /贝可勒尔 (bèikělè'ěr) — unit of radioactive activity
- Czech: becquerel — unit of radioactive activity
- Esperanto: bekerelo — unit of radioactive activity
- Finnish: becquerel — unit of radioactive activity
- French: becquerel — unit of radioactive activity
- Georgian: ბეკერელი (beḳereli) — unit of radioactive activity
- German: Becquerel — unit of radioactive activity
- Greek: μπεκερέλ (bekerél) — unit of radioactive activity
- Indonesian: becquerel — unit of radioactive activity
- Malay: becquerel — unit of radioactive activity
- Polish: bekerel — unit of radioactive activity
- Romanian: becquerel — unit of radioactive activity
- Russian: беккере́ль (bekkerélʹ) — unit of radioactive activity
- Spanish: becquerelio — unit of radioactive activity
- Swedish: becquerel — unit of radioactive activity
- Thai: เบ็กเคอเรล (bêk-kəə-ren) — unit of radioactive activity