[ noun ] a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons <noun.substance>
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]
There is nothing wrong in that. 'Like other parts of the Civil Service, the ES rewards its staff for overall performance - everything from good timekeeping to accuracy.
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The targets included an institute that designs civilian-aircraft engines, and another that designs components for the Soviets' ES range of mainframe computers.
The ES 250 model looks much like the Acura Legend and, like the Legend, has front-wheel drive.
The Little Lexus Falls Short of Sales Forecast TOYOTA'S LUXURY division is off to a good sales start, but buyers are yawning at the ES 250 model, the small car in the Lexus lineup.
The Master ES has caught for posterity the fate of a man on his deathbed being tempted by three demons.