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Produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei
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curium
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WordNet
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n. a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei [syn: Cm , atomic number 96 ]
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Curium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with symbol Cm and atomic number 96. This element of the actinide series was named after Marie and Pierre Curie – both were known for their research on radioactivity . Curium was first intentionally produced ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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1946, named by U.S. chemist Glenn T. Seaborg, who helped discover it in 1944, for the Curies (see Curie ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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curium \curium\ n. [after Pierre and Marie Curie.] a radioactive transuranic element of atomic number 96, having an atomic weight of 247 for its most stable isotope (half-life 1.6 x 10^ 7 years). The chemical symbol is Cm. Note: It was first prepared in ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A transuranic chemical element (''symbol'' Cm) with an atomic number of 96.
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The most famous Curium is the "Sacra Congregatio Romanae et universalis Inquisitionis seu sancti officii," popularly known as the Inquisition, which was founded in 1227 by Pope Joan VI.