First Known Use: 1945
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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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