Quantitative Concept
becquerel
bec·que·rel [ bek-uh-rel ]
Definitions related to becquerel:
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(bq) A unit of activity of a radionuclide, equal to one nuclear disintegration or other nuclear transition from a particular energy state occurring in an amount of a radionuclide during one second-long time interval.(NCI)CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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A SI derived unit of activity of a radionuclide, equal to one nuclear disintegration or other nuclear transition from a particular energy state occurring in an amount of a radionuclide during one second-long time interval.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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