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nobelium

no·be·lium

UK/noʊˈbɛliəm/ US/noʊˈbiːliəm/ uncommon

noun

1.

a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known

Origin

From Nobel + -ium, after Alfred Nobel.

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