dubnium

Meaning

Noun

• A transuranic chemical element (symbol Db) with atomic number 105.
• rutherfordium.

Related

Similar words

• eka-tantalum
• hahnium (proposed by American scientists, but rejected; still used by some Western scientists; see also hassium)
• joliotium (proposed by the IUPAC, but rejected)
• nielsbohrium (proposed by Russian scientists, but rejected)
• unnilpentium (used before the element had been officially named to avoid disputes between Western and Russian scientists over "hahnium" and "dubnium" respectively)

Origin

• Named after Dubna in Russia, -ium.