Becquerel

/ˈbɛkəˌrɛl/

Translation of "becquerel" into Russian

Noun

/ˈbɛkəˌrɛl/

becquerel

becquerels pl

The activity of the radioactive sample was measured in becquerels.

Активность радиоактивного образца измерялась в беккерелях.

Noun

/ˈbɛkəˌrɛl/

A unit of radioactivity in the International System of Units, equal to one disintegration per second.

The sample had a radioactivity level of 500 becquerels.

Proper noun

The French surname of Henri Antoine Becquerel (1852–1908), the physicist who discovered radioactivity, or any person bearing that surname.

Becquerel received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 for his work on radioactivity.