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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second;

2. British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819);
[syn: Rutherford, Daniel Rutherford]

3. British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937);
[syn: Rutherford, Ernest Rutherford, First Baron Rutherford, First Baron Rutherford of Nelson]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rutherford
    n 1: a unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one
         million disintegrations per second
    2: British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819) [syn:
       Rutherford, Daniel Rutherford]
    3: British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the
       atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom
       (1871-1937) [syn: Rutherford, Ernest Rutherford, First
       Baron Rutherford, First Baron Rutherford of Nelson]


U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):

Rutherford -- U.S. County in North Carolina
   Population (2000):    62899
   Housing Units (2000): 29535
   Land area (2000):     564.116587 sq. miles (1461.055191 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    1.784735 sq. miles (4.622442 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    565.901322 sq. miles (1465.677633 sq. km)
   Located within:       North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
   Location:             35.366879 N, 81.926540 W
   Headwords:
    Rutherford
    Rutherford, NC
    Rutherford County
    Rutherford County, NC



U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):

Rutherford -- U.S. County in Tennessee
   Population (2000):    182023
   Housing Units (2000): 70616
   Land area (2000):     618.913629 sq. miles (1602.978872 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    5.025274 sq. miles (13.015399 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    623.938903 sq. miles (1615.994271 sq. km)
   Located within:       Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
   Location:             35.877510 N, 86.441163 W
   Headwords:
    Rutherford
    Rutherford, TN
    Rutherford County
    Rutherford County, TN



U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Rutherford, NJ -- U.S. borough in New Jersey
   Population (2000):    18110
   Housing Units (2000): 7214
   Land area (2000):     2.807021 sq. miles (7.270152 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.115761 sq. miles (0.299819 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.922782 sq. miles (7.569971 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            65280
   Located within:       New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
   Location:             40.828922 N, 74.110644 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     07070
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Rutherford, NJ
    Rutherford



U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Rutherford, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
   Population (2000):    3859
   Housing Units (2000): 1675
   Land area (2000):     1.227548 sq. miles (3.179335 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.227548 sq. miles (3.179335 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            66864
   Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
   Location:             40.268039 N, 76.772220 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Rutherford, PA
    Rutherford



U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Rutherford, TN -- U.S. town in Tennessee
   Population (2000):    1272
   Housing Units (2000): 589
   Land area (2000):     2.250998 sq. miles (5.830058 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.014995 sq. miles (0.038838 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.265993 sq. miles (5.868896 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            65760
   Located within:       Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
   Location:             36.125689 N, 88.990051 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     38369
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Rutherford, TN
    Rutherford