a unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second
"The safety officer confirmed that the new isotope's activity measured exactly 50 rutherford, requiring immediate shielding adjustments."
British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819)
"The history of chemistry credits Rutherford as the scientist who successfully isolated nitrogen in 1805."
British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937)
"Students studied how Ernest Rutherford, the New Zealand-born physicist who discovered the atomic nucleus, changed our understanding of matter."
An obsolete unit of radioactivity (symbol: rd), defined as the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one million nuclei decay per second.
"The old physics textbook listed the sample's strength in rutherfords, but modern instruments now measure all such radioactivity in becquerels or curies instead."
A Scottish habitational surname, from Old English from a place where there was once a settlement in the Scottish borders.
"After tracing his family tree, Arthur discovered that Rutherford was indeed a traditional Scottish habitation name originating from an old border settlement."