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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized [syn: rutherfordium, Rf, unnilquadium, Unq, element 104, atomic number 104]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin, from Ernest Rutherford Date: 1969 a short-lived radioactive element that is produced artificially — see element table

Dictionary of the Elements

rutherfordium
Symbol: Rf
Competing name for unnilquadium, the 104th element, proposed by the
American Chemical Society.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Chem. an artificially made transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding an isotope of Californium. Usage: Symb.: Rf. Also called KURCHATOVIUM. Etymology: E. Rutherford, Engl. physicist d. 1937