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Actinide

Noun CEFR B2
ˈæktɪnaɪd

Definitions

  1. Any of the 15 radioactive elements of the periodic table from actinium to lawrencium that are positioned under the lanthanides, to which they have similar chemistry.
  2. Any of the 14 elements from actinium to nobelium (lawrencium is excluded by some authors as it is a d-block rather than an f-block element).
  3. Any of the 14 elements from thorium to lawrencium (actinium having been mistakenly excluded because it was thought to be a d-block element in the past).

Equivalents

Españolactínido
Françaisactinide
13 more languages
Afrikaansaktinied
العربيةأكتينايد
Ελληνικάακτινίδιο
Italianoattinoide
Românăactinid
Српскиaktinidaktinoid
Türkçeaktinit

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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