Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rutherford_atom

1 sense of rutherford atom

Sense 1
Rutherford atom -- (first modern concept of atomic structure; all of the positive charge and most of the mass of the atom are contained in a compact nucleus; a number of electrons (equal to the atomic number) occupy the rest of the volume of the atom and neutralize the positive charge)
       => atomic theory -- (a theory of the structure of the atom)