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californium en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌkælɪˈfɔɹniəm/ (General-American)
  • /ˌkælɪˈfɔːniəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (General-American) audio
  • kălĭfôr'nēəm
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From California + -ium. The element was first synthesized at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (then the University of California Radiation Laboratory), thus named after the university and the U.S. state of California.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.
  2. (countable) A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98. ▸ An atom of this element.

Deriveds

californium oxychloride · californium trichloride · californium oxide · californium-252

Relateds

californite · Californian · californate · California

Translations (71)

af kalifornium (chemical element) · kk калифорний (chemical element) · is kalifornín (chemical element) · ro californiu (chemical element) · sh kalifornij (chemical element) · mn калифорни (chemical element) · uk каліфо́рній (chemical element) · fi kalifornium (chemical element) · tr kaliforniyum (chemical element) · pt califórnio (chemical element) · tg [Term?] (kaliforni') (chemical element) · fy californium (chemical element) · cmn 鉲 /𰽩 (chemical element) · la californium (chemical element) · lb Kalifornium (chemical element) · gd calafoirniam (chemical element) · sh калифорниј (chemical element) · lt kalifornis (chemical element) · ka კალიფორნიუმი (chemical element) · mk калифорниум (chemical element) · ca californi (chemical element) · bg калифо́рний (chemical element) · it californio (chemical element) · fur californi (chemical element) · he קליפורניום (chemical element) · sv californium (chemical element) · nl californium (chemical element) · lv kalifornijs (chemical element) · uz калифорний (chemical element) · ta கலிபோர்ணியம் (chemical element) · et kalifornium (chemical element) · ast californiu (chemical element) · vi califoni (chemical element) · es californio (chemical element) · hu kalifornium (chemical element) · csb kalifòrn (chemical element) · ko 칼리포르늄 (chemical element) · sh калифорнијум (chemical element) · eo kaliforniumo (chemical element) · ms kalifornium (chemical element) · pl kaliforn (chemical element) · ar كَالِيفُورْنِيُوم (chemical element) · cs kalifornium (chemical element) · vo kalifornin (chemical element) · th แคลิฟอร์เนียม (chemical element) · ar كَلِيفُورْنِيُوم (chemical element) · no californium (chemical element) · eu kalifornioa (chemical element) · de Californium (chemical element) · be каліфо́рній (chemical element) · sk kalifornium (chemical element) · uz kaliforniy (chemical element) · el καλιφόρνιο (chemical element) · gl californio (chemical element) · ja カリホルニウム (chemical element) · ga calafoirniam (chemical element) · fa کالیفرنیم (chemical element) · sl kalifornij (chemical element) · ko 캘리포늄 (chemical element) · fr californium (chemical element) · ru калифо́рний (chemical element) · sq kalefornium (chemical element) · cy califforniwm (chemical element) · mt kalifornjum (chemical element) · da californium (chemical element) · sh kalifornijum (chemical element) · hy կալիֆոռնիում (chemical element) · br kaliforniom (chemical element) · kw calyfornyum (chemical element) · fo kalifornium (chemical element) · gv californium (chemical element)

wikidata: Q1888 · wikipedia: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · wikidata: Q1888