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RUTHERFORDIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rutherfordium mean?
• RUTHERFORDIUM (noun)
The noun RUTHERFORDIUM has 1 sense:
1. a radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized
Familiarity information: RUTHERFORDIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
atomic number 104; element 104; Rf; rutherfordium; unnilquadium; Unq
Hypernyms ("rutherfordium" 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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