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Word: Fermium
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1950s: from the name of Fermi, Enrico+ -ium
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈfəːmɪəm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
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.
Short Definition:chemical element of atomic number 100, radioactive metal of actinide series
Variant Forms:
- Fm
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