different between activity vs becquerel

English

Etymology

From Middle French activité, from Latin activitas. Equivalent to active +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æk?t?.v?.ti/, /æk?t?.v?.ti?/, /æk?t?.v?.ti/
• Rhymes: -?v?ti

Noun

activity (countable and uncountable, plural activities)

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness.

2. (countable) Something done as an action or a movement.

3. (countable) Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.

4. (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time and have no natural end point.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often used with "activity": increased, decreased, high, low, volcanic, seismic, eruptive, intellectual, physical, mental, spiritual, muscular, cerebral, favorite, recreational, practical, cultural, artistic, literary, musical, political, diplomatic, military, domestic, voluntary, missionary, chemical, optical, productive, reproductive, industrial, commercial, etc.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:activity

Antonyms

• rest
• passivity

Derived terms

• activity book
• activity stream
• activity trap
• beehive of activity
• catalytic activity
• extravehicular activity
• hive of activity
• nonactivity
• optical activity
• overactivity
• radioactivity
• self-activity
• subactivity
• ultrahazardous activity
• underactivity
• zone of polarizing activity

Translations

Further reading

• activity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• activity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French becquerel. Named after the French physicist Henri Becquerel.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [b?k?????]

Noun

becquerel (plural becquerels)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radioactive activity; the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second. Symbol: Bq

Translations

Catalan

Noun

becquerel m (plural becquerels)

1. becquerel (derived unit of radioactive activity)

Czech

Noun

becquerel m

1. becquerel (derived unit of radioactive activity)

Further reading

• becquerel in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Finnish

Noun

becquerel

1. becquerel

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?.k??l/

Noun

becquerel m (plural becquerels)

1. becquerel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after French physicist A. H. Becquerel (1857–1927).

Noun

becquerel m (definite singular becquerelen, indefinite plural becquerel, definite plural becquerelane)

1. becquerel (the derived unit of radioactive activity; the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second). Symbol: Bq

References

• “becquerel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.