becquerel

What does becquerel mean?

becquerel means "French physicist who discovered that rays emitted by uranium salts affect photographic plates (1852-1908)".

How many syllables are in becquerel?

becquerel has 3 syllables and divides as becq-ue-rel under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for becquerel?

Close synonyms include Henri Becquerel, Antoine Henri Becquerel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is becquerel a common word?

becquerel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for becquerel come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.