fermium

[ fur-mee-uhm ]

/ ˈfɜr mi əm /

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noun Chemistry, Physics.

a transuranic element. Symbol: Fm; atomic number: 100.

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Origin of fermium

1950–55; named after E. Fermi; see -ium

Words nearby fermium

fermi, Fermi-Dirac statistics, Fermi energy, Fermi, Enrico, fermion, fermium, Fermor, fern, Fernandel, Fernandez, Fernández de Lizardi

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How to use fermium in a sentence

Even after that it could be stopped, provided one had a way to get rid of the violently fissioning fermium.
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He should have known automatically that it was building toward Fermium 256.
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British Dictionary definitions for fermium

fermium

/ (ˈfɜːmɪəm) /

noun

a transuranic element artificially produced by neutron bombardment of plutonium. Symbol: Fm; atomic no: 100; half-life of most stable isotope, 257 Fm: 80 days (approx.)

Word Origin for fermium

C20: named after Enrico Fermi

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Medical definitions for fermium

fermium

[ fûr′mē-əm, fĕr′- ]

n. Symbol Fm

A synthetic radioactive metallic element whose most stable isotope is Fm 257 with a half-life of approximately 100 days. Atomic number 100.

Scientific definitions for fermium

fermium

[ fûr′mē-əm ]

A synthetic, radioactive metallic element of the actinide series that is produced from plutonium or uranium. Its most stable isotope is Fm 257 with a half-life of approximately 100 days. Atomic number 100. See Periodic Table.