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Californium

//ˌkælɪˈfɔɹniəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98. uncountable
  2. 2
    a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles wordnet

Etymology

From California + -ium. The element was first synthesized at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (then the University of California Radiation Laboratory), thus named after the university and the U.S. state of California.

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