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Curium

//ˈkjʊəɹiəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cm) with an atomic number of 96. uncountable
  2. 2
    a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei wordnet

Etymology

From Curie + -ium; named after Pierre and Marie Curie.

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