fermium

Definitions


[ˈfəːmɪəm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the chemical element of atomic number 100, a radioactive metal of the actinide series. Fermium does not occur naturally and was discovered in 1953 in the debris of the first hydrogen bomb explosion


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Origin:
1950s: from the name of Fermi, Enrico + -ium




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