Rutherfordian
English
Etymology
From Rutherford + -ian.
Adjective
Rutherfordian (comparative more Rutherfordian, superlative most Rutherfordian)
- Of, pertaining to, or in the style of any of various persons and institutions named Rutherford.
- (specifically, physics) Of or pertaining to Ernest Rutherford, his planetary model of the atom (called the Rutherford model), or predictions made on the basis of this model.