Meanings
becquerel1
nounbecquerel (plural becquerels)
plural becquerels
- 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
Becquerel2
proper noun
- A surname from French.
Origin
- Frenchbecquerel
- Englishbecquerel
Borrowed from French becquerel. Named after the French physicist Henri Becquerel.
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Catalan becquerel
- becquerelunit of radioactive activity
Chinese Mandarin 貝克勒爾 /贝克勒尔, 貝可勒爾 /贝可勒尔
- 貝克勒爾 /贝克勒尔 (bèikèlè'ěr)unit of radioactive activity
- 貝可勒爾 /贝可勒尔 (bèikělè'ěr)unit of radioactive activity
Czech becquerel
- becquerelunit of radioactive activity
Esperanto bekerelo
- bekerelounit of radioactive activity
Finnish becquerel
- becquerelunit of radioactive activity
French becquerel
- becquerelunit of radioactive activity
German Becquerel
- Becquerelunit of radioactive activity
Greek μπεκερέλ
- μπεκερέλ (bekerél)unit of radioactive activity
Indonesian becquerel
- becquerelunit of radioactive activity
Malay becquerel
- becquerelunit of radioactive activity
Polish bekerel
- bekerelunit of radioactive activity
Romanian becquerel
- becquerelunit of radioactive activity
Russian беккере́ль
- беккере́ль (bekkerélʹ)unit of radioactive activity
Spanish becquerelio
- becquereliounit of radioactive activity
Swedish becquerel
- becquerelunit of radioactive activity
Thai เบ็กเคอเรล
- เบ็กเคอเรล (bêk-kəə-ren)unit of radioactive activity
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“becquerel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/becquerel. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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