rutherfordium
/ˌrʌðəˈfɔːdɪəm
/noun [mass noun]
The chemical element of atomic number 104, a very unstable element made by high-energy atomic collisions. (Symbol: Rf) The American team, on the other hand, proposed the name rutherfordium for the new element, in honor of the great British scientist Sir Ernest Rutherford....
- And the Berkeley name for element 104, rutherfordium, was surely an honour due to one of the century's greatest nuclear physicists.
- The daughter isotope, rutherfordium - 259 (an isotope of element 104), recoiled into an opposing detector.
Origin
1960s: modern Latin, named after E. Rutherford (see Rutherford, Sir Ernest).
Rhymes
- autoradiograph
- autoradiographic
- autoradiographical
- autoradiographically
- autoradiography
- autoranging
- autoreactive
- autoreceptor
- autoregression
- autoregressive
- autoregulate
- autoregulated
- autoregulating
- autoregulation
- autoregulatory
- auto-repeat
- autoresponder
- auto-return
- auto reverse
- auto-rewind
- autorickshaw
- autorotate
- autorotation
- autorotative
- autoroute