atomic number 100

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   a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons

   SynonymsfermiumFm

   Broadermetallic element

Questions about atomic number 100

What does atomic number 100 mean?

atomic number 100 means "a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons".

What is another word for atomic number 100?

Close synonyms include fermium, Fm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atomic number 100 a common word?

atomic number 100 is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.