californium

noun
/ˌkælɪˈfɔɹniəm/US/ˌkælɪˈfɔːniəm/UK

Etymology

From California + -ium. The element was first synthesized at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (then the University of California Radiation Laboratory), thus named after the university and the U.S. state of California.

  1. derived from خَلِيفَة
  2. suffixed as californium — “California + ium

Definitions

  1. A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with…

    A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.

The neighborhood

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