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becquerel

[bɛkəˈɹɛɫ]

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables
bec-quer-el
IPA
[bɛkəˈɹɛɫ]
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

name

A surname from French.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: [bɛkəˈɹɛɫ]

Inflected Forms

becquerels (plural)

Derived Forms

femtobecquerel gigabecquerel hectobecquerel kilobecquerel megabecquerel petabecquerel terabecquerel becquerelium

Phrases

Becquerel ray

Questions

How do you pronounce becquerel?
The recorded pronunciation is [bɛkəˈɹɛɫ].
What does becquerel mean?
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
Where does becquerel come from?
It is traced to French.

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