Etymology

becquerel

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Today it means: 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 Full definition →

French becquerel
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  1. French · borrowed frombecquerel
  2. English todaybecquerel

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

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