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lawrencium
noun
    1. chem.
      (symbol Lr, atomic number 103) a synthetic radioactive metallic element formed by bombarding californium with boron ions.
Etymology: 1960s: named after the US physicist, Ernest Orlando Lawrence (1901‐58), the founder of the laboratory where it was discovered.



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