noun
- a radioactive metallic chemical element with the symbol Md and atomic number 101
Usage: chemistry
Examples
- Mendelevium was first synthesized in 1955 at the University of California, Berkeley.
- The element mendelevium is named after Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev.
- Mendelevium is an artificially produced transuranium element.
- Scientists created mendelevium by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles.
- All isotopes of mendelevium are highly radioactive and have short half-lives.
- Mendelevium belongs to the actinide series of elements on the periodic table.