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fermium

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fer=mi=um

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun fermium has 1 sense

fermium(n = noun.substance) atomic number 100, fm - a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons; Array

is a kind of metal, metallic element

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CIDE DICTIONARY

fermium, n.

the transuranic element of atomic number 100; symbol Fm. The atomic weight of the most stable isotope, having a half-life of about 80 days, is 257. The first isotope, Fm²⁵⁵ was discovered in 1952 in the debris of a thermonuclear explosion. Other istopes have been produced in nuclear reactors and by decay of other transuranic elements. [WordNet 1.5]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

fermium, n. Chem. a transuranic radioactive metallic element produced artificially.

Usage

Symb.: Fm.

Etymology

as FERMI + -IUM

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