1.
[syn: einsteinium, Es, E, atomic number 99]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Es \Es\ n.
the chemical symbol for einsteinium, a transuranic element
with atomic number 99. The atomic weight of the longest-lived
isotope, with a half-life of 276 days, is 254. The first
isotope discovered, having atomic weight 253 and a half-life
of 20 days, was recognized in 1952 in the debris from a
hydrogen bomb test. As much as 3 micrograms of einsteinium
were produced by a complex process involving long irradiation
of plutonium isotopes in nuclear reactors. Its chemical
properties are those of a trivalent actinide element. --HCP61
Syn: einsteinium, atomic number 99.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Es
n 1: a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding
plutonium with neutrons [syn: einsteinium, Es, E,
atomic number 99]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
es
1. The country code for Spain.
2. Extensible Shell.
3. (Expert System) An expert system for the IBM PC
featuring forward chaining, backward chaining and fuzzy
set relations.
(ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/ai/expert-sys/summers.tar.Z).
[BYTE Oct 1990].
(1999-02-01)