astatine
/ˈastətiːn//ˈæstəˌtin/
astatine noun: a highly radioactive chemical element (symbol At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85.
Noun
astatine (countable and uncountable, plural astatines)
- A highly radioactive chemical element (symbol At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85.
- Astatine, for instance, is practically unstudied. It has a name and a place on the periodic table (next to Marie Curie's polonium), but almost nothing else.2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, page 221
- Synonyms:
- alabamine, anglohelvetium
- An atom of this element.
astatine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
astatine in Hindi
- the chemical element
- लावणी lāvṇī
astatine in Tamil
- the chemical element
- அஸ்தாதைன் astātaiṉ
astatine in Bengali
- the chemical element
- অ্যাস্টাটিন êsṭaṭin
astatine in Kannada
- ಆಸ್ಟಟೈನ್
More languagesFewer languages
- astatine in Arabic
- أَسْتَاتِين ʔastātīn
- astatine in Malay
- astatin
- astatine in Indonesian
- astatin
- astatine in Persian
- استاتین astâtin
- astatine in Thai
- แอสทาทีน ɛ́ɛs-taa-tiin
- astatine in Vietnamese
- astatin
Synonyms of astatine
Forms of astatine
| plural | astatines |
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Origin of astatine
From Ancient Greek ἄστατος (ástatos, “unstable”) + -ine.
Words formed from astatine
Questions about astatine
- What does astatine mean?
- Astatine means a highly radioactive chemical element (symbol At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85.
- What is astatine in Hindi?
- Astatine in Hindi is लावणी (lāvṇī). See Astatine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is astatine?
- Astatine is a noun.
- How do you pronounce astatine?
- Astatine is pronounced /ˈastətiːn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of astatine?
- The plural of astatine is astatines.
Words near astatine in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: astatine (page history and authors); astatine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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