mendelevium

Meaning

A transuranic chemical element (symbol Md, formerly Mv) with atomic number 101.

Synonyms

Mv

atomic number 101

Translations

μεντελέβιο

mendelevyum

مندلفيوم

مندليفيوم

mendelelevium

mendelevyûm

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌmɛndəˈliːviəm/
Etymology

From Mendeleev + -ium; named after the scientist Dmitri Mendeleev, creator of the periodic table. The same name was proposed, but rejected, for the earlier-discovered elements berkelium and erbium.

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