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Definition of: actinide series
(ak′ti·nīd) Chem.
A transition series of radioactive elements arranged within the periodic table on the analogy of the lanthanide or rare-earth series: it begins with actinium, atomic number 89, and continues to lawrencium, atomic number 103.
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