tennessine
/ˈtɛnəsiːn/
tennessine noun: the chemical element (halogen) with atomic number 117.
Noun
tennessine (uncountable)
- The chemical element (halogen) with atomic number 117.
- One of the newest members of the periodic table will likely have a familiar sound to it, even if the spelling might be a bit off: Tennessine.2016 June 8, “Tennessee Gets a Place at the Table with Newest Element: Tennessine”, in Tennessee Today, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2016
- In January 2016 the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) announced the discovery of four new elements, so completing the seventh row of the periodic table. They have since been named as nihonium, Nh, muscovium^([sic]), Mc, tennessine, Ts, and organesson^([sic]), Og. The...2018, Mark Weller, Tina Overton, Fraser Armstrong, Jonathan Rourke, chapter 1, in Inorganic Chemistry, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 21
- Synonyms:
- ununseptium, eka-astatine
- An atom of this element.
tennessine meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
tennessine in Tamil
- chemical element with atomic number 117
- தென்னிசீன் teṉṉicīṉ
tennessine in Urdu
- chemical element with atomic number 117
- ٹینیسین ṭenesen
tennessine in Telugu
- chemical element with atomic number 117
- టెన్నెసైన్ ṭennesain
tennessine in Malayalam
- chemical element with atomic number 117
- ടെനസീൻ ṭenasīṉ
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- tennessine in Arabic
- تِينِيسِين tīnīsīn
- tennessine in Persian
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- tennessine in Thai
- เทนเนสซีน
- tennessine in Vietnamese
- tennessi
Examples of tennessine in a sentence
- They have since been named as nihonium, Nh, muscovium^([sic]), Mc, tennessine, Ts, and organesson^([sic]), Og.2018, Mark Weller, Tina Overton, Fraser Armstrong, Jonathan Rourke, chapter 1, in Inorganic Chemistry, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page...
- That’s how the four newest elements were created: nihonium (element 113), moscovium (115), tennessine (117) and oganesson (118) (SN Online: 11/30/16).2019 February 27, Emily Conover, “Extreme elements push the boundaries of the periodic table”, in Science News:
Synonyms of tennessine
Origin of tennessine
From Tennessee + -ine, named after the Tennessee region. Promulgated in June 2016 by the IUPAC based on recommendations of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Vanderbilt University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to honor the region where the element was discovered. Suffix -ine, rather than -ium, is due to it being a halogen (like fluorine or chlorine).
Words formed from tennessine
Questions about tennessine
- What does tennessine mean?
- Tennessine means the chemical element (halogen) with atomic number 117.
- What is tennessine in Tamil?
- Tennessine in Tamil is தென்னிசீன் (teṉṉicīṉ). See Tennessine meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use tennessine in a sentence?
- They have since been named as nihonium, Nh, muscovium^([sic]), Mc, tennessine, Ts, and organesson^([sic]), Og.
- What part of speech is tennessine?
- Tennessine is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tennessine?
- Tennessine is pronounced /ˈtɛnəsiːn/ (US).
Words near tennessine in the dictionary
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