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rutherfordium

noun · 4 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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1

noun

Meaning 1

A transuranic chemical element (symbol Rf) with an atomic number of 104.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A rejected name for seaborgium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A rejected name for lawrencium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Rf, unnilquadium, Unq, element 104, atomic number 104

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chemical element, element

History

Etymology

From Rutherford + -ium, named for Ernest Rutherford.

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: rutherfordium — chemical element
  • Albanian: raderfordium — chemical element
  • Arabic: رُوذَرْفُورْدِيُوم (rūḏarfūrdiyūm) — chemical element
  • Armenian: ռեզերֆորդիում (ṙezerfordium) — chemical element
  • Belarusian: рэзерфордый (rezjerfórdyj) — chemical element
  • Bengali: রাদারফোর্ডিয়াম (radarophōrḍiẏam) — chemical element
  • Breton: rutherfordiom — chemical element
  • Bulgarian: ръдърфордий (rǎdǎrfordij) — chemical element
  • Catalan: rutherfordi — chemical element
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鑪 /𬬻 (lú) — chemical element
  • Cornish: rutherfordyum — chemical element
  • Czech: rutherfordium — chemical element
  • Danish: rutherfordium — chemical element
  • Dutch: rutherfordium — chemical element
  • Esperanto: ruterfordio — chemical element
  • Estonian: rutherfordium — chemical element
  • Finnish: rutherfordium — chemical element
  • French: rutherfordium — chemical element
  • West-Frisian: rutherfordium — chemical element
  • Friulian: rutherfordi — chemical element
  • Galician: rutherfordio — chemical element
  • Georgian: რეზერფორდიუმი (rezerpordiumi) — chemical element
  • German: Rutherfordium — chemical element
  • Greek: ραδερφόρντιο (raderfórntio) — chemical element
  • Hebrew: רותרפורדיום (ruterfórdiyum) — chemical element
  • Hungarian: raderfordium — chemical element
  • Italian: rutherfordio — chemical element
  • Japanese: ラザホージウム (razahōjiumu) — chemical element
  • Kashubian: rutherford — chemical element
  • Kazakh: резерфордий (rezerfordii) — chemical element
  • Korean: 러더포듐 (reodeopodyum) — chemical element
  • Latin: rutherfordium — chemical element
  • Latvian: rezerfordijs — chemical element
  • Lithuanian: ruterfordis — chemical element
  • Luxembourgish: Rutherfordium — chemical element
  • Macedonian: радерфордиум (raderfordium) — chemical element
  • Malay: ruterfordium — chemical element
  • Malayalam: റുഥർഫോർഡിയം (ṟuthaṟphōṟḍiyaṁ) — chemical element
  • Manx: rutherfordium — chemical element
  • Mongolian: резерфорди (rezerfordi) — chemical element
  • Norwegian: rutherfordium — chemical element
  • Persian: رادرفوردیم — chemical element
  • Polish: rutherford — chemical element
  • Portuguese: ruterfórdio — chemical element
  • Romanian: rutherfordiu — chemical element
  • Russian: резерфо́рдий (rezerfórdij) — chemical element
  • Scottish Gaelic: rutarfoirdiam — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: ратерфордиjум — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: рутхерфордиј — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: raterfordijum — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: rutherfordij — chemical element
  • Slovak: rutherfordium — chemical element
  • Spanish: rutherfordio — chemical element
  • Swedish: rutherfordium — chemical element
  • Tajik: резерфордий (rezerfordiy) — chemical element
  • Tamil: ருதெர்போர்டியம் (ruterpōrṭiyam) — chemical element
  • Thai: รูเทอร์ฟอร์เดียม (rūthoefodiam) — chemical element
  • Turkish: rutherfordyum — chemical element
  • Ukrainian: резерфо́рдій (rezerfórdij) — chemical element
  • Uzbek: rezerfodiy — chemical element
  • Vietnamese: rutherfordi — chemical element
  • Vietnamese: kusatovi — chemical element
  • Volapük: ruterfordin — chemical element
  • Welsh: rutherfordiwm — chemical element