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.
- derived from خَلِيفَة
Definitions
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
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for californium. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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