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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium;
[syn: francium, Fr, atomic number 87]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

francium n 1: a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium [syn: francium, Fr, atomic number 87]
The Elements (07Nov00):

francium Symbol: Fr Atomic number: 87 Atomic weight: (223) Radioactive element, belongs to group 1 of the periodic table. Found in uranium and thorium ores. The 22 known isotopes are all radioactive, with the most stable being Fr-223. Its existence was confirmed in 1939 by Marguerite Perey.