Rutherford

Atomic model developer

Rutherford is a surname of Scottish origin, most notably associated with Ernest Rutherford, the physicist who discovered the atomic nucleus and is considered the father of nuclear physics.

The name also belongs to various places in the United States and elsewhere.

Element 104, rutherfordium, was named in his honor.

physicist

Ernest

Name signifying seriousness

atomElement's smallest unit
nucleusCentral controlling part
scatteringDistribution in many directions

proton · radioactivity · Nobel · Manchester · McGill · nuclear · transmutation · Geiger · Marsden · Bohr

unit

radioactivity

Spontaneous nuclear decay

decayGradual organic breakdown
measurementDetermining size or amount
curieUnit of radioactive decay

disintegration · radiation · physics · obsolete · nuclear · quantity · rate

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county

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boroughAdministrative town or district
townshipCounty's smaller division
CaliforniaWest coast megastate

Tennessee · Australia · town · municipality · suburb · district · settlement · locale · geography

surname

lineage

Descent from progenitors

ScottishOf that northern kingdom
Anglo-SaxonPre-Conquest British Germanic peoples
heritageInherited cultural legacy

ancestry · genealogy · clan · Kelly · Margaret · Johnny · Mike · Greg

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