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transfermium

American  
[trans-fur-mee-uhm] / trænsˈfɜr mi əm /

adjective

Chemistry.
  1. having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.


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As the transfermium wars continued, an irony emerged: atomic researchers were chasing immortality through the discovery of elements that quickly blinked out of existence.

From The New Yorker Dec. 27, 2019

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