Actinide Definition

ăktə-nīd
noun
Any of a series of chemically similar, radioactive elements with atomic numbers ranging from 89 (actinium) through 103 (lawrencium).
American Heritage
Any of the elements in the series (actinide series) of radioactive, metallic chemical elements from element 89 (actinium) through element 103 (lawrencium): actinides resemble lanthanides in electronic structure.
Webster's New World

(inorganic chemistry) Any of the 14 radioactive elements of the periodic table that are positioned under the lanthanides to which they have similar chemistry.

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Noun

Singular:
actinide
Plural:
actinides

Origin of Actinide

  • actin(ium) –ide

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • actin- +‎ -ide

    From Wiktionary

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