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Meaning of livermorium in English:

livermorium

Pronunciation /lɪvəˈmɔːrɪəm/

noun

(also Lv)
mass noun

  • The chemical element of atomic number 116, a very unstable element made by high-energy atomic collisions.

Origin

Early 21st century from the name of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California (which was involved in the work carried out on the synthesis of this element) + -ium.