flerovium

noun

fle·​ro·​vi·​um flə-ˈrō-vē-əm 

: a short-lived artificially produced radioactive element that has 114 protons

—symbol Fl see Chemical Elements Table

Examples of flerovium in a Sentence

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Most of the ions passed through the target, but over the course of a few weeks, a few collided with a plutonium nucleus and fused into flerovium. —Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 12 Feb. 2021

Word History

Etymology

Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions (of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia) + -ium

Note: The element was first produced in the Flerov Laboratory (Russian, Laboratorija jadernyx reakcij im. G.N. Flërova Ob"jedinënnogo instituta jadernyx issledovanij), founded by the Russian physicist Georgij Nikolaevič Flërov (1913-90).

First Known Use

2012, in the meaning defined above

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flerovium

noun

fle·​ro·​vi·​um

flə-ˈrō-vē-əm

: a short-lived artificially produced radioactive element see Chemical Elements Table