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rutherfordium (Rf),

(rŭ-thĕr-fōr'dē-ŭm),

An artificial transplutonium element; atomic number 104; atomic weight 261. [Formerly called Unnilquandium, Unq.]

[Ernest Rutherford, British physicist, 1871-1937]

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