lawrencium

L1A1W4R1E1N1C3I1U1M3
/ləˈɹɛnsiəm/

noun

A transuranic chemical element (symbol Lr, formerly Lw) with atomic number 103.

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unniltriumLratomic number 103
OriginEnglish Lawrence ← Latin Laurentius ← Old Latin dacrus →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounlawrencium (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA transuranic chemical element (symbol Lr, formerly Lw) with atomic number 103.
    1. countablechemistryAn atom of this element.

Synonyms & antonyms

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unniltrium

nouna radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium

Similar
Lratomic number 103
Broader
chemical elementelement

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Latindacrus
  2. Latinlaurus?
  3. LatinLaurentum
  4. LatinLaurentius
  5. EnglishLaurence
  6. EnglishLawrence
  7. Englishlawrencium

From Lawrence + -ium; named for Ernest Lawrence.

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Translations

Afrikaans lawrensium, lawrencium
  • lawrensiumchemical element
  • lawrenciumchemical element
Arabic لُورِنْسِيُوم
  • لُورِنْسِيُوم (lūrinsiyūm)chemical element
Basque laurentzioa
  • laurentzioachemical element
Bengali লরেনসিয়াম
  • লরেনসিয়াম (lorenśiẏam)chemical element
Bulgarian лавре́нций
  • лавре́нций (lavréncij)chemical element
Catalan laurenci
  • laurencichemical element
Chinese Mandarin 鐒 /铹
  • 鐒 /铹 (láo)chemical element
Czech lawrencium
  • lawrenciumchemical element
Danish lawrencium
  • lawrenciumchemical element
Dutch lawrencium
  • lawrenciumchemical element
Esperanto laŭrencio
  • laŭrenciochemical element
Estonian lavrentsium
  • lavrentsiumchemical element
Finnish lawrencium
  • lawrenciumchemical element
French lawrencium
  • lawrenciumchemical element
German Lawrencium
  • Lawrenciumchemical element
Greek λωρένσιο
  • λωρένσιο (lorénsio)chemical element
Hebrew לורנציום
  • לורנציום (loréntsiyum)chemical element
Hungarian laurencium
  • laurenciumchemical element
Icelandic lárensín
  • lárensínchemical element
Irish láirinciam
  • láirinciamchemical element
Italian laurenzio
  • laurenziochemical element
Japanese ローレンシウム
  • ローレンシウム (rōrenshiumu)chemical element
Korean 로렌슘
  • 로렌슘 (rorensyum)chemical element
Latin lawrencium
  • lawrenciumchemical element
Latvian lourensijs
  • lourensijschemical element
Lithuanian laurencis
  • laurencischemical element
Malay lawrensium
  • lawrensiumchemical element
Norwegian lawrencium
  • lawrenciumchemical element
Persian لارنسیم
  • لارنسیمchemical element
Polish lorens
  • lorenschemical element
Portuguese laurêncio
  • laurênciochemical element
Romanian lawrenciu, lawrențiu
  • lawrenciuchemical element
  • lawrențiuchemical element
Russian лоуре́нсий
  • лоуре́нсий (lourénsij)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic làirinciam
  • làirinciamchemical element
Slovak lawrencium
  • lawrenciumchemical element
Spanish lawrencio, laurencio
  • lawrenciochemical element
  • laurenciochemical element
Swedish lawrencium
  • lawrenciumchemical element
Tagalog lawrensyo
  • lawrensyochemical element
Tamil லோரென்சியம்
  • லோரென்சியம் (lōreṉciyam)chemical element
Thai ลอร์เรนเซียม
  • ลอร์เรนเซียม (lorēnsiam)chemical element
Turkish lorentiyum
  • lorentiyumchemical element
Ukrainian лоуре́нсій
  • лоуре́нсій (lourénsij)chemical element
Vietnamese lorenxi
  • lorenxichemical element
Welsh lawrenciwm
  • lawrenciwmchemical element
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APA

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MLA

“lawrencium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lawrencium. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lawrencium,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lawrencium.

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