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Noun: fermium  fur-mee-um
  1. A radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
    "Fermium was first discovered in the debris of the first hydrogen bomb test";
    - Fm, atomic number 100

Derived forms: fermiums

Type of: metal, metallic element

Encyclopedia: Fermium