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nobelium definition

no·bel·ium (nō bel′ē əm)

noun

a radioactive, metallic chemical element, one of the actinides, produced by the nuclear bombardment of curium: symbol, No; at. no., 102

Etymology: ModL: so named (1957) after Nobel Institute in Stockholm, where discovered

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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