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actinide

noun ac·ti·nide \ˈak-tə-ˌnīd\

Definition of ACTINIDE

:  any of the series of elements with increasing atomic numbers that begins with actinium or thorium and ends with lawrencium — see periodic table table
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Origin of ACTINIDE

International Scientific Vocabulary
First Known Use: 1945

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