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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An artificially produced radioactive element with atomic number 107 for which isotopes have been observed with mass numbers ranging from 260 to 275, all of which decay by alpha-particle emission. The isotope with mass number 264 has the longest confirmed half-life (1.3 seconds), although longer half-lifes have been reported for some of its heavier isotopes. cross-reference: Periodic Table.
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- noun A
transuranic chemical element (symbol Bh) with anatomic number of 107.
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- noun a transuranic element
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Niels Henrik David Bohr.]
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Surname of Niels Bohr + + -ium
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December 16, 2007