HyperDic: mendelevium

English > 1 sense of the word mendelevium:
NOUNsubstancemendelevium, Md, Mv, atomic number 101a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol)
English > mendelevium: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol).
SynonymsMd, Mv, atomic number 101
Broaderchemical element, elementAny of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
Spanishmendelevio, número atómico 101
CatalanMd, mendelevi, número atòmic 101

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