Rutherford Scattering (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Physics.
  1. the scattering of an alpha particle through a large angle with respect to the original direction of motion of the particle, caused by an atom (Rutherford atom ) with most of the mass and all of the positive electric charge concentrated at a center or nucleus.
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