Mendelevium Definition
mĕndə-lēvē-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
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Origin of Mendelevium
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Named after the scientist Dmitri Mendeleev, who is the creator of the periodic table. The same name was proposed, but rejected, for the earlier-discovered elements berkelium and erbium.
From Wiktionary
After Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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