Definition of lawrencium in English:
lawrencium
noun lɒˈrɛnsɪəmˌlɔˈrɛn(t)siəm
mass nounThe chemical element of atomic number 103, a radioactive metal of the actinide series. Lawrencium does not occur naturally and was first made by bombarding californium with boron nuclei.
Example sentencesExamples
- No one could really argue with the choice of lawrencium for element 103, after the man who had invented the machine for element synthesis.
- In 1968, Thiorso and associates at Berkeley used a few atoms of this isotope to study the oxidation behavior of lawrencium.
- Actinides - the radioactive chemical elements that span from actinium to lawrencium on the periodic table - have generated a great deal of interest in recent years.
- Due to its short half-life, there's no reason for considering the effects of lawrencium in the environment.
- Only a few atoms of lawrencium have ever been made.
Origin
1960s: modern Latin, named after the American physicist E. O. Lawrence (see Lawrence, Ernest Orlando), who founded the laboratory in which it was produced.
Definition of lawrencium in US English:
lawrencium
nounˌlôˈren(t)sēəmˌlɔˈrɛn(t)siəm
The chemical element of atomic number 103, a radioactive metal of the actinide series. Lawrencium does not occur naturally and was first made by bombarding californium with boron nuclei.
Example sentencesExamples
- Due to its short half-life, there's no reason for considering the effects of lawrencium in the environment.
- Only a few atoms of lawrencium have ever been made.
- No one could really argue with the choice of lawrencium for element 103, after the man who had invented the machine for element synthesis.
- Actinides - the radioactive chemical elements that span from actinium to lawrencium on the periodic table - have generated a great deal of interest in recent years.
- In 1968, Thiorso and associates at Berkeley used a few atoms of this isotope to study the oxidation behavior of lawrencium.
Origin
1960s: modern Latin, named after the American physicist E. O. Lawrence (see Lawrence, Ernest Orlando), who founded the laboratory in which it was produced.