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Rutherford model

Rutherford model proper noun: a conceptual model of the atom, superseding the plum pudding model, and involving a relatively high central charge concentrated into a very small volume in comparison to the rest of the atom, with this central volume (the nucleus) containing most of the atom's mass. It was superseded by the Bohr model.

Proper noun

the Rutherford model

  1. A conceptual model of the atom, superseding the plum pudding model, and involving a relatively high central charge concentrated into a very small volume in comparison to the rest of the atom, with this central volume (the nucleus) containing most of the atom's mass. It was superseded by the Bohr model.

Origin of Rutherford model

Devised by Ernest Rutherford.

Questions about Rutherford model

What does Rutherford model mean?
Rutherford model means a conceptual model of the atom, superseding the plum pudding model, and involving a relatively high central charge concentrated into a very small volume in comparison to the rest of the atom, with this central volume (the nucleus) containing most of the atom's mass. It was superseded by the Bohr model.
What part of speech is Rutherford model?
Rutherford model is a proper noun.

Words near Rutherford model in the dictionary

  1. ruther
  2. rutherford
  3. Rutherford atom
  4. Rutherford atoms
  5. Rutherford County
  6. Rutherford model
  7. Rutherford scattering
  8. Rutherford scatterings
  9. Rutherford-Bohr model
  10. Rutherfordian
  11. rutherfordine

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