americium
americium
Definition
☆ am·er·ic·ium (am′ər is̸h′ē əm, -is′-)
noun
a radioactive, metallic chemical element, one of the actinides, produced by the beta decay of an isotope of plutonium: symbol, Am; at. no., 95
Etymology: ModL, after Americ(a) + -ium: so named by Glenn T(heodore) Seaborg, one of its discoverers, by analogy with europium, the corresponding rare earth
americium
Usage Examples
Converse of object
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