meitnerium

[ mahyt-nur-ee-uhm ]

/ maɪtˈnɜr i əm /

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noun Chemistry, Physics.

a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Mt; atomic number: 109.

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Formerly unnilennium .

Origin of meitnerium

First recorded in 1975–80; officially assigned to element 109 in 1997; named after Austrian physicist Lise Meitner; see -ium

Words nearby meitnerium

Meissner's corpuscle, Meissonier, -meister, Meistersinger, Meitner, meitnerium, Méjico, MEK, Meker burner, Mekhitarist, Mekka

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British Dictionary definitions for meitnerium

meitnerium

/ (ˈmaɪtnɪərɪəm) /

noun

a synthetic element produced in small quantities by high-energy ion bombardment. Symbol: Mt; atomic no: 109

Word Origin for meitnerium

C20: named after Lise Meitner

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Scientific definitions for meitnerium

meitnerium

[ mīt-nûr′ē-əm ]

A synthetic, radioactive element that is produced by bombarding bismuth with iron ions. Its most long-lived isotopes have mass numbers of 266 and 268 with half-lives of 3.4 milliseconds and 70 milliseconds, respectively. Atomic number 109. See Periodic Table.