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becquerel

bec·que·rel [ be krél, békə rèl ] (plural bec·que·rels)


noun 
Definition:
 
unit of radioactivity: the SI unit for measuring radioactivity, equal to the activity resulting from the decay of one nucleus of radioactive matter in one second.
Symbol  Bq


[Late 19th century. After Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), French physicist]
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