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astatic |
astatic coils |
astatic galvanometer |
astatically |
astaticism |
astatine
| astatize
| astatki
| astay
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astatine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun astatine has 1 sense
- astatine(n = noun.substance) at, atomic number 85 - a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium; Array is a kind of chemical element, element, halogen
OXFORD DICTIONARY
astatine, n. Chem. a radioactive element, the heaviest of the halogens, which occurs naturally and can be artificially made by nuclear bombardment of bismuth.
Usage
Symb: At.
Etymology
formed as ASTATIC + -INE(4)
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