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astatines

astatines is the plural of astatine.

Meaning of astatine

Noun

astatine (countable and uncountable, plural astatines)

  1. 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
    1. (countable) An atom of this element.

Questions about astatines

What is astatines the plural of?
Astatines is the plural of astatine.

Words near astatines in the dictionary

  1. astatinates
  2. astatinating
  3. astatination
  4. astatinations
  5. astatine
  6. astatines
  7. astatize
  8. astatized
  9. astatizes
  10. astatizing
  11. astatki

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