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curium in American English
an extremely radioactive, metallic chemical element, one of the actinides, generally produced by neutron bombardment of plutonium or americium: symbol, Cm; at. no., 96
noun: a radioactive element not found in nature but discovered in 1944 among the products of plutonium after bombardment by high-energy helium ions; at. no.: 96

curium in British English
noun: a silvery-white metallic transuranic element artificially produced from plutonium. Symbol: Cm; atomic no: 96; half-life of most stable isotope, 247Cm: 1.6 x 107 years; valency: 3 and 4; relative density: 13.51 (calculated); melting pt: 1345±400°C

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