plural of rutherford

An obsolete unit of radioactivity (symbol: rd), defined as the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one million nuclei decay per second.

A Scottish habitational surname from Old English from a place where there was once a settlement in the Scottish borders. / (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.

One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Rutherfordton. / One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: Murfreesboro.