Meaning

noun a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms

noun a master's degree in arts and sciences

noun modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi Proto-Germanic *immi Proto-West Germanic *im Old English eom Middle English am English am From Middle English am, em, from Old English eam, eom (“am”), from Proto-West Germanic *im, from Proto-Germanic *immi, *izmi (“am”, form of the verb *wesaną (“to be; dwell”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“to be, to exist”). Cognate…

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