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nielsbohrium

nielsbohrium noun: a rejected name for dubnium (105).

Noun

nielsbohrium (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A rejected name for dubnium (105).
    • As an example, element 105, nielsbohrium, is considered.1977, Energy Research and Development Administration Energy Research Abstracts
    • Again, due to the 2-sec half-life of nielsbohrium, ...1974, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, XXIVth International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry: Plenary and Main Section Lectures Presented at Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany, 2-8 September...
  2. (obsolete) A rejected name for bohrium (107).

Origin of nielsbohrium

From Niels Bohr + -ium.

Questions about nielsbohrium

What does nielsbohrium mean?
Nielsbohrium means a rejected name for dubnium (105).
What part of speech is nielsbohrium?
Nielsbohrium is a noun.

Words near nielsbohrium in the dictionary

  1. nielloing
  2. niellos
  3. nielloware
  4. niellowares
  5. niellure
  6. nielsbohrium
  7. Nielsen
  8. Nielsens
  9. Nielson
  10. Nielsons
  11. Nieman

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