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systematic element names

systematic element names is the plural of systematic element name.

Meaning of systematic element name

Noun

systematic element name (plural systematic element names)

  1. A systematic name for a chemical element, derived from the digits of its atomic number to which the suffix -ium is appended; normally only used for transuranic elements before or for a short period after they have been created, after which they are given a non-systematic name.
    • Before IUPAC named the element with atomic number 106 “seaborgium” in honour of Glenn Seaborg, it was called by the systematic element name unnilhexium.

Questions about systematic element names

What is systematic element names the plural of?
Systematic element names is the plural of systematic element name.

Words near systematic element names in the dictionary

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  3. systema nervosum periphericum
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