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AMERICIUM

Dictionary entry overview: What does americium mean?

• AMERICIUM (noun)
The noun AMERICIUM has 1 sense:

1. a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms

Familiarity information: AMERICIUM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• AMERICIUM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

Am; americium; atomic number 95

Hypernyms ("americium" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

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