CURIUM

curium, Cm, atomic number

(noun) a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

curium (uncountable)

A transuranic chemical element (symbol Cm) with an atomic number of 96.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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