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Element named for a two-time Nobelist
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curium
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1946, named by U.S. chemist Glenn T. Seaborg, who helped discover it in 1944, for the Curies (see Curie ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A transuranic chemical element (''symbol'' Cm) with an atomic number of 96.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei [syn: Cm , atomic number 96 ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...
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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.