mendelevium : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mendelevium	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mendelevium n a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol) Synonym(s): mendelevium, Md, Mv, atomic number 101
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
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 associates in 1955. Alternative name {unnilunium} has been proposed. Named after the 'inventor' of the periodic table, Dmitri Mendeleev.