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Fm

Fm

1 9.9
A very rare radioactive metal made by scientists in nuclear reactors
  • noun
  • Specialized
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Examples

  • Is it a.m. or FM?

  • Tests they were making on FM, finally bringing us in with the rest of the country.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Bob fm.

  • And Fm;

  • 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.

  • Scientists are studying the properties of Fm, a radioactive metallic element with atomic number 100.

  • Due to its radioactivity, Fm must be handled with extreme caution in the laboratory.

Synonyms

fermium
vsFm
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A man-made radioactive metal with atomic number 100 made by hitting plutonium with neutrons

is an abbreviated symbol used for the element in formulas
atomic number 100
vsFm
  • Specialized
9.9

A radioactive metal made by shooting neutrons at plutonium in a lab

refers to the element using its name or symbol rather than its table position

Surface Forms

Fm singular
Fms plural

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.