mendelevium
mendelevium
Definition
☆ men·de·levi·um (men′də lē′vē əm)
noun
a radioactive, metallic chemical element, one of the actinides, produced by bombarding einsteinium with high-energy alpha particles in a cyclotron: symbol, Md; at. no., 101
Etymology: ModL: so named in honor of Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev by its discoverers, A. Ghiorso, B. G. Harvey, G. R. Choppin, S. G. Thompson, & G. T. Seaborg, U.S. physicists
Browse dictionary entries near mendelevium
- Mendeleev's law
- Mendeleev
- Mendel's laws
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- Mendelian
- Mendelism
- Mendelssohn
- Menderes
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- Mendocino
- Mendoza
- mene, mene, tekel, upharsin
- Menelaus
