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seaborgium definition

sea·bor·gium (sē bôr′gē əm)

noun

a radioactive chemical element with a very short half-life: a transactinide produced by bombarding californium or lead with high-energy nuclear particles: symbol, Sg; at. no., 106

Etymology: ModL, after Glenn T(heodore) Seaborg + -ium

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