mendelevium

mendelevium
An element, atomic no. 101, atomic wt. 258.1, prepared in 1955 by bombardment of einsteinium with alpha particles. [D. Mendeléeff]

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men·de·le·vi·um .men-də-'lē-vē-əm, -'lā- n a radioactive element that is artificially produced symbol Md see ELEMENT (table)

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men·de·le·vi·um (Md) (men″də-leґve-əm) [Dimitri Ivanovich Mendelйeff] the radioactive chemical element of atomic number 101, atomic weight 256, originally discovered in debris from a thermonuclear explosion in 1952.

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  • mendélévium — [ mɛ̃delevjɔm ] n. m. • 1955; de Mendeleïev, chimiste russe ♦ Chim., phys. Élément atomique (Md; no at. 101; m. at. [de l isotope de plus longue période] 258) de la série des actinides, produit artificiellement par bombardement d einsteinium 256… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • mendelevium — men*de*le vi*um (m[e^]n*d[e^]*l[=e] v[=e]*[u^]/m), a. [From Dmitri Mendeleyev, discoverer of the periodic law.] (Chem.) an unstable radioactive element discovered in 1955 and produced artificially only in very small quantities; symbol Md (also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mendelevium — Symbol: Md Atomic number: 101 Atomic weight: (256) Radioactive metallic transuranic element. Belongs to the actinoid series. Only known isotope, Md 256 has a half life of 1.3 hours. First identified by Glenn T. Seaborg, Albert Ghiorso and… …   Elements of periodic system

  • mendelevium — 1955, Modern Latin, in honor of Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev …   Etymology dictionary

  • mendelevium — ☆ mendelevium [men΄də lē′vē əm ] n. [ModL: so named in honor of MENDELEEV Dmitri Ivanovich by its discoverers, A. Ghiorso, B. G. Harvey, G. R. Choppin, S. G. Thompson, & G. T. Seaborg, U.S. physicists] a radioactive, metallic chemical element,… …   English World dictionary

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  • mendelevium — /men dl ee vee euhm/, n. Chem., Physics. a transuranic element. Symbol: Md, Mv; at. no.: 101. [1950 55; named after D. I. MENDELEEV; see IUM] * * * ▪ chemical element  (Md),    synthetic chemical element of the actinoid series of the periodic… …   Universalium

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