What does "dubnium" mean?

A transuranic chemical element (symbol Db) with atomic number 105.

What is a synonym for "dubnium"?

Common synonyms include: hahnium, atomic number 105, db, eka tantalum, eka-tantalum, element 105.

//ˈduːbniəm// noun

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Noun

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A transuranic chemical element (symbol Db) with atomic number 105. uncountable
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a transuranic element with atomic number 105 wordnet
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A rejected name for rutherfordium. obsolete, uncountable

From Dubna + -ium, named after Dubna, Moscow Oblast, Russia, the site of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, which discovered the element.

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