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Mendelevium

//ˌmɛndəˈliːviəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A transuranic chemical element (symbol Md, formerly Mv) with atomic number 101. uncountable
  2. 2
    a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol) wordnet

Etymology

From Mendeleev + -ium; named after the scientist Dmitri Mendeleev, creator of the periodic table. The same name was proposed, but rejected, for the earlier-discovered elements berkelium and erbium.

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