mendelevium
Syllables: men·de·lev·i·um/ˌmɛn.dəˈliː.vi.əm//ˌmɛn.dəˈli.vi.əm/
mendelevium noun: a radioactive metallic transuranic chemical element (symbol Md) with atomic number 101, which is artificially produced in a particle accelerator.
Noun
mendelevium (uncountable)
- A radioactive metallic transuranic chemical element (symbol Md) with atomic number 101, which is artificially produced in a particle accelerator.
- Mendelevium, the heaviest and rarest form of matter known, has been produced in the University of California's cyclotron. Identity based on only 17 atoms of new element [subtitle]. […] Mendelevium is intensely radioactive, decaying by spontaneous fission. Its half-life is between a half hour and...1955 May 14, “Element 101 Discovered”, in Science News Letter, volume 67, number 20, Washington, D.C.: Science Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 307, column 1
- There's sulfur, californium, and fermium, berkelium, / And also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium, / And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc, and rhodium, / And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, tungsten, tin, and sodium.1959 (date composed), Tom Lehrer, “The Elements”, in Too Many Songs, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, published 1981, →ISBN, part 2 (From An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer), page 151, column 2
- Synonyms:
- Md, Mv, unnilunium
- An atom of this element.
mendelevium meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Malay and Thai
mendelevium in Tamil
- chemical element with atomic number 101
- மெண்டலேவியம் meṇṭalēviyam
mendelevium in Arabic
- chemical element with atomic number 101
- مَنْدَلِفْيُوم mandalifyum
mendelevium in Malay
- chemical element with atomic number 101
- mendelevium
mendelevium in Thai
- chemical element with atomic number 101
- เมนเดลีเวียม men-dee-lii-wîiam
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- mendelevium in Vietnamese
- menđelevi
Synonyms of mendelevium
Forms of mendelevium
| alternative form | mendeleevium |
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| alternative form | mendeleyevium |
Origin of mendelevium
From a modified version of Mendeleev + -ium (suffix forming names of metal elements), named in honour of the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev (1834–1907) who formulated the periodic law and created an early version of the periodic table of elements. The word was proposed by a team from the University of California, Berkeley, comprising the team leader Stanley Gerald Thompson and members Gregory Robert Choppin, Albert Ghiorso, Bernard George Harvey, and Glenn T. Seaborg, who artificially synthesized the element in early 1955. (The same name was proposed, but rejected, for the earlier-discovered elements berkelium and erbium.)
Words formed from mendelevium
Questions about mendelevium
- What does mendelevium mean?
- Mendelevium means a radioactive metallic transuranic chemical element (symbol Md) with atomic number 101, which is artificially produced in a particle accelerator.
- What is mendelevium in Tamil?
- Mendelevium in Tamil is மெண்டலேவியம் (meṇṭalēviyam). See Mendelevium meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mendelevium?
- Mendelevium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mendelevium?
- Mendelevium is pronounced /ˌmɛn.dəˈliː.vi.əm/ (UK).
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