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AMERICIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does americium mean?
• AMERICIUM (noun)
The noun AMERICIUM has 1 sense:
1. a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms
Familiarity information: AMERICIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
Am; americium; atomic number 95
Hypernyms ("americium" is a kind of...):
metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)
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