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francium

  • noun
  • frăn'sēəm

The chemical element (symbol Fr) with an atomic number of 87. It is an intensely radioactive alkali metal that is not found in nature.

Other meanings

  1. A single atom of this element.

A kind of

  • metallic element

Related words

  • eka-francium
  • franciumlike

Word history

From French "francium".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “francium” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.