Etymology

darmstadtium

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Today it means: A transuranic chemical element (symbol Ds) with atomic number 110. Full definition →

German Darmstadtium
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Borrowed from German Darmstadtium, named after the German city Darmstadt, where it was first synthesized, + -ium.

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