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americium

/ˌæməˈɹɪsiəm/

americium noun: the chemical element (symbol Am) with an atomic number of 95.

americium: the chemical element (symbol Am) with an atomic number of 95
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Noun

americium (usually uncountable, plural americiums)

  1. (usually) The chemical element (symbol Am) with an atomic number of 95.
    1. (countable, usually) An atom of this element.

americium meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Arabic and Malay

americium in Tamil

chemical element with atomic number 95
அமெரிகியம் amerikiyam, அமெரிசியம் americiyam

americium in Malayalam

അമെരിസിയം എന്ന മൂലകം

americium in Arabic

chemical element with atomic number 95
أَمِرِيكِيُوم ʔamirīkiyūm

americium in Malay

chemical element with atomic number 95
amerisium
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americium in Persian
آمریکیوم âmerikiyom
americium in Thai
อะเมริเซียม à-mee-rí-sîiam
americium in Vietnamese
Amerixi, Ameriđi

Forms of americium

pluralamericiums

Origin of americium

From Americ(as) + -ium, by analogy with europium.

Words formed from americium

Questions about americium

What does americium mean?
Americium means the chemical element (symbol Am) with an atomic number of 95.
What is americium in Tamil?
Americium in Tamil is அமெரிகியம் (amerikiyam), அமெரிசியம் (americiyam). See Americium meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is americium?
Americium is a noun.
How do you pronounce americium?
Americium is pronounced /ˌæməˈɹɪsiəm/.
What is the plural of americium?
The plural of americium is americiums.

Words near americium in the dictionary

  1. Americawards
  2. Americay
  3. Americentric
  4. Americentricity
  5. Americentrism
  6. americium
  7. americiums
  8. Americo
  9. Americo-
  10. Americocentric
  11. Americocentricity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: americium (page history and authors); americium (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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