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mendeleyevium

mendeleyevium is the rare spelling of mendelevium.

Meaning of mendelevium

Noun

mendelevium (uncountable)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    Md, Mv, unnilunium
    1. (countable) An atom of this element.

Origin of mendeleyevium

From Mendeleyev + -ium.

Questions about mendeleyevium

What is mendeleyevium the rare spelling of?
Mendeleyevium is the rare spelling of mendelevium.

Words near mendeleyevium in the dictionary

  1. mendelevates
  2. Mendelevian
  3. mendelevium
  4. Mendeleyev
  5. Mendeleyev's law
  6. mendeleyevium
  7. mendelian
  8. Mendelianism
  9. Mendelianist
  10. Mendelianists
  11. Mendelianly

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