nobelium

no·bel·i·um  (n-bl-m)

n. Symbol No

A radioactive transuranic element in the actinide series with atomic number 102, artificially produced in trace amounts. Its most long-lived isotopes are No 254 with a half-life of 55 seconds, No 253 with a half-life of 1.7 minutes, No 255 with a half-life of 3.1 minutes, and No 259 with a half-life of 58 minutes. See Table at element.

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[After Alfred Bernhard Nobel.]

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nobelium [nəʊˈbiːlɪəm]

n

(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a transuranic element produced artificially from curium. Symbol: No; atomic no.: 102; half-life of most stable isotope, ²⁵⁵No: 180 seconds (approx.); valency: 2 or 3

[New Latin, named after Nobel Institute, Stockholm, where it was discovered]

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nobelium  (n-bl-m)

Symbol No

A synthetic, radioactive metallic element in the actinide series that is produced by bombarding curium with carbon ions. Its longest-lived isotope is No 255 with a half-life of 3.1 minutes. Atomic number 102. See Periodic Table.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nobelium - a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known atomic number 102, No chemical element, element - any 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

Translations

nobelium [nəʊˈbiːlɪəm] N → nobelio m

nobelium

n → Nobelium nt