roentgenium

[ rent-gen-ee-uhm, -jen-, ruhnt- ]

nounChemistry, Physics.
  1. a superheavy, synthetic radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rg; atomic number: 111.

Origin of roentgenium

1
First recorded in 2000–05; named after German physicist Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen.
  • Formerly u·nu·nun·i·um [uh-nuh-nuhn-ee-uhm], /ə nəˈnʌn i əm/, el·e·ment 111 .

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Scientific definitions for roentgenium

roentgenium

[ rĕnt-gĕnē-əm, -jĕn-, rŭnt-, rœnt-gĕn- ]


Rg
  1. An artificially produced radioactive element with a mass number of 280. Its most stable known isotope has a half-life of 3.6 seconds. Atomic number 111. See Periodic Table.

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