am|er|i|ci|um

am|er|i|ci|um
am|er|i|ci|um «AM uh RIHSH ee uhm», noun.
an artificial, radioactive, metallic chemical element produced from plutonium by bombardment with high-energy alpha particles.
[< New Latin americium < English America + -ium, a suffix meaning “metallic element”]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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