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dubnium

noun

  1. chemical element with the atomic number of 105
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdʌbniəm/ / /ˈduːbniəm/

noun

Etymology: From Dubna + -ium, named after Dubna, Moscow Oblast, Russia, the site of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, which discovered the element.

  1. A transuranic chemical element (symbol Db) with atomic number 105.
  2. A rejected name for rutherfordium.