Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See element 112.
Wiktionary
- n. The former systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 112 (symbol Uub), which has been officially changed to copernicium.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a radioactive transuranic element
Etymologies
- Latin ūnus, one; see union + Latin ūnus + Latin bi-, bi- + -ium. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Copernicium, earlier known under the temporary name "ununbium," was first synthesized in the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt in 1996 by a group of German scientists.”
“Several sources are reporting that the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has confirmed Copernicium as element 112 on the periodic table of elements with the symbol Cn. What about ununbium?”
“IUPAC temporarily named the element ununbium, as "ununbi" means "one one two" in Latin; but Professor Hofmann's team now has the task of proposing its official name.”
“The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has temporarily named the element ununbium, as "ununbi" means "one one two" in Latin; but the team now has the task of proposing its official name. ”
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bennett Not only has ununbium been named, i. e. copernicium, it now has an actual symbol, i. e., Cn. Way to go element 112! The original symbol suggestion, Cp, was deemed 'scientifically' inappropriate, then changed to Cn. Dec 22, 2009
qroqqa officially named copernicium in July 2009 Jul 16, 2009
oroboros Uub Dec 1, 2007