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lawrencium

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • lərĕn'sēəm
  • /ləˈɹɛnsiəm/
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  • CMU ARPABET: L AO0 R EH1 N S IY0 AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A transuranic chemical element (symbol Lr, formerly Lw) with atomic number 103.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Lr, atomic number 103

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chemical element, element

History

Etymology

From Lawrence + -ium; named for Ernest Lawrence.

Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: lawrensium — chemical element
  • Afrikaans: lawrencium — chemical element
  • Albanian: lorencium — chemical element
  • Arabic: لُورِنْسِيُوم (lūrinsiyūm) — chemical element
  • Armenian: լոուրենսիում (lourensium) — chemical element
  • Asturian: laurenciu — chemical element
  • Basque: laurentzioa — chemical element
  • Belarusian: лаўрэ́нсій (lawrénsij) — chemical element
  • Bengali: লরেনসিয়াম (lorenśiẏam) — chemical element
  • Breton: laorenciom — chemical element
  • Bulgarian: лавре́нций (lavréncij) — chemical element
  • Catalan: laurenci — chemical element
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鐒 /铹 (láo) — chemical element
  • Cornish: lawrencyum — chemical element
  • Czech: lawrencium — chemical element
  • Danish: lawrencium — chemical element
  • Dutch: lawrencium — chemical element
  • Esperanto: laŭrencio — chemical element
  • Estonian: lavrentsium — chemical element
  • Faroese: lawrencium — chemical element
  • Finnish: lawrencium — chemical element
  • French: lawrencium — chemical element
  • West-Frisian: lawrencium — chemical element
  • Friulian: laurenzi — chemical element
  • Galician: laurencio — chemical element
  • Georgian: ლაურენსიუმი (laurensiumi) — chemical element
  • German: Lawrencium — chemical element
  • Greek: λωρένσιο (lorénsio) — chemical element
  • Hebrew: לורנציום (loréntsiyum) — chemical element
  • Hungarian: laurencium — chemical element
  • Icelandic: lárensín — chemical element
  • Irish: láirinciam — chemical element
  • Italian: laurenzio — chemical element
  • Japanese: ローレンシウム (rōrenshiumu) — chemical element
  • Kashubian: lorens — chemical element
  • Kazakh: лоуренсий (lourensii) — chemical element
  • Khmer: ឡូរ៉ង់ស្យូម (loorɑŋsyum) — chemical element
  • Korean: 로렌슘 (rorensyum) — chemical element
  • Latin: lawrencium — chemical element
  • Latvian: lourensijs — chemical element
  • Lithuanian: laurencis — chemical element
  • Luxembourgish: Lawrencium — chemical element
  • Macedonian: лоре́нсиум (lorénsium) — chemical element
  • Malay: lawrensium — chemical element
  • Maltese: lawrenzjum — chemical element
  • Manx: lawrencium — chemical element
  • Mongolian: лоуренси (lourensi) — chemical element
  • Norwegian: lawrencium — chemical element
  • Persian: لارنسیم — chemical element
  • Polish: lorens — chemical element
  • Portuguese: laurêncio — chemical element
  • Romanian: lawrenciu — chemical element
  • Romanian: lawrențiu — chemical element
  • Russian: лоуре́нсий (lourénsij) — chemical element
  • Scottish Gaelic: làirinciam — chemical element
  • Slovak: lawrencium — chemical element
  • Slovene: lavrencij — chemical element
  • Spanish: lawrencio — chemical element
  • Spanish: laurencio — chemical element
  • Swedish: lawrencium — chemical element
  • Tagalog: lawrensyo — chemical element
  • Tajik: lourensi' — chemical element
  • Tamil: லோரென்சியம் (lōreṉciyam) — chemical element
  • Thai: ลอร์เรนเซียม (lorēnsiam) — chemical element
  • Turkish: lorentiyum — chemical element
  • Ukrainian: лоуре́нсій (lourénsij) — chemical element
  • Uzbek: lourensiy — chemical element
  • Vietnamese: lorenxi — chemical element
  • Volapük: laurensin — chemical element
  • Welsh: lawrenciwm — chemical element