[bek-uh-rel; Fr. bekuh-rel] 
| 1. | A⋅lex⋅an⋅dre Ed⋅mond [a-lek-sahn-druh ed-mawn] , 1820–91, French physicist (son of Antoine César). |
| 2. | An⋅toine Cé⋅sar [ahn-twan sey-zar] , 1788–1878, French physicist. |
| 3. | An⋅toine Hen⋅ri [ahn-twan ahn-ree] , 1852–1908, French physicist (son of Alexandre Edmond): Nobel prize 1903. |
| bec·que·rel (bě-krěl', běk'ə-rěl') n. Abbr. Bq The International System unit of radioactivity, equal to one nuclear decay or other nuclear transformation per second. [After Antoine Henri Becquerel.] |
| Bec·que·rel (bě-krěl', běk'ə-rěl') Family of French physicists, including Antoine César (1788-1878), one of the first investigators of electrochemistry; his son Alexandre Edmond (1820-1891), noted for his research on phosphorescence and spectroscopy; and his grandson Antoine Henri (1852-1908), who shared a 1903 Nobel Prize for fundamental work in nuclear physics. |
becquerel bec·que·rel (bě-krěl', běk'ə-rěl')
n.
A unit of measurement of radioactivity, equal to one disintegration per second.
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