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lawrencium

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law=ren=ci=um

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun lawrencium has 1 sense

lawrencium(n = noun.substance) atomic number 103, lr - a radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium; Array

is a kind of chemical element, element

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CIDE DICTIONARY

lawrencium, n. [from Ernest O. Lawrence, inventer of the cyclotron.].

A transuranic element of atomic number 103. It was discovered in 1961 by bombardment of californium in a cyclotron with boron nuclei. Other isotopes were prepared in 1965 at Dubna. The atomic weight of the most stable isotope is 256, having a half-life of 35 seconds. Symbol Lr. [WordNet 1.5]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

lawrencium, n. Chem. an artificially made transuranic radioactive metallic element.

Usage

Symb.: Lw.

Etymology

E. O. Lawrence, Amer. physicist d. 1958

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