MENDELEVIUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol)

Synonyms:

atomic number 101; Md; mendelevium; Mv

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("mendelevium" is a kind of...):

chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)

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