Fm
- noun
- Specialized
Examples
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Is it a.m. or FM?
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Tests they were making on FM, finally bringing us in with the rest of the country.
Fiction book (1994) -
Bob fm.
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And Fm;
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These long wavelengths correspond to frequencies of 30-100 MHz, just below the FM radio band.
Blog text (32) -
Indeed, Jamaican soap operas have been pirated and used on Radio Heatwave, a community FM radio station in Nottingham, England.
Academic text (1992) -
All FM radio stations—often the only source of news in a country with a poorly educated population and mountainous terrain—were directed to broadcast only entertainment.
Academic text (2005) -
This rare element, Fm, was synthesized in the laboratory after years of research.
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Scientists are studying the properties of Fm, a radioactive metallic element with atomic number 100.
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Due to its radioactivity, Fm must be handled with extreme caution in the laboratory.
Synonyms
A man-made radioactive metal with atomic number 100 made by hitting plutonium with neutrons
A radioactive metal made by shooting neutrons at plutonium in a lab
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fm stands for the element fermium, which is named after the physicist Enrico Fermi, and the ending -ium is a usual ending for metals. Because Fermi worked on nuclear science, Fm is a man-made, radioactive metal with atomic number 100 that is found and studied only in scientific research.