| element 106 [`el·ǝ·mǝnt ´wǝn ´ō `siks] CHEMISTRY An artificial element whose isotope of mass number 263 was discovered by bombarding californium-249 with oxygen-18 ions in a heavy- ion linear accelerator, and whose isotope of mass number 259 was discovered by bombarding lead-207 and lead-208 with chromium-54 ions in a heavy-ion cyclotron. |