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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  curium
       n : a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by
           bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei [syn: {Cm}, {atomic
           number 96}]

From Elements database 20001107 [elements]:

  curium
  Symbol: Cm
  Atomic number: 96
  Atomic weight: (247)
  Radioactive metallic transuranic element. Belongs to actinoid series.
  Nine known isotopes, Cm-247 has a half-life of 1.64*10^7 years. First
  identified by Glenn T. Seaborg and associates in 1944, first produced by
  L.B. Werner and I. Perlman in 1947 by bombarding americium-241 with
  {neutron}s. Named for Marie Curie.
  
  

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