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dubnium

  • /ˈdʌbniəm/ UK
  • /ˈduːbniəm/ US
  • /ˈdʌbniəm/ US

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From Dubna + -ium, named after Dubna, Moscow Oblast, Russia, the site of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, which discovered the element.

noun

  1. uncountable A transuranic chemical element (symbol Db) with atomic number 105.
  2. countable An atom of this element.
  3. obsolete, uncountable A rejected name for rutherfordium.

Similar: eka-tantalum, hahnium, joliotium, nielsbohrium, unnilpentium

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noun chemical element

Españoldubnio
한국어더브늄 deobeunyum, 두브늄 dubeunyum
日本語ドブニウム dobuniumu
中文𨧀 /𬭊 dù
Portuguêsdúbnio
Françaisdubnium
DeutschDubnium
Italianodubnio
Ελληνικάντούμπνιο ntoúmpnio
Românădubniu
Русскийду́бний dúbnij, нильсбо́рий nilʹsbórij
Tiếng Việtdubni
العربيةدُبْنِيُوم dubniyūm, دُوبْنْيُوم dūbnyūm
עבריתדובניום dúbniyum

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@misc{dubnium_2026,
  title = {dubnium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dubnium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}