Meaning of Rutherford | Babel Free
ˈrʌðərfərdDefinitions
- A Scottish habitational surname from Old English from a place where there was once a settlement in the Scottish borders.
- 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.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- A neighbourhood in south Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A census-designated place in Napa County, California.
- A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey.
- A census-designated place in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
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Examples
“One of the things making the trip possible is Rutherford’s microlight aircraft. Microlights are small one or two-seat planes used for leisure or personal transport. If she completes her trip, Rutherford will also claim the record for the youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo in a microlight aircraft.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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