Definitions

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  • noun The systematic element name for flerovium, the chemical element with atomic number 114 (symbol Uuq).

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  • noun a radioactive transuranic element

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin ūnus, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots + Latin ūnus + Latin quad(ri)-, quadri- + –ium (in reference to its atomic number).]

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Examples

  • In December 1998 and January 1999, high-energy physicists in Russia created a superheavy element called ununquadium with a record 114 protons.

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  • In December 1998 and January 1999, high-energy physicists in Russia created a superheavy element called ununquadium with a record 114 protons.

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  • In December 1998 and January 1999, high-energy physicists in Russia created a superheavy element called ununquadium with a record 114 protons.

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  • They have temporary titles - ununquadium and ununhexium - but final names are yet to been decided.

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  • They have temporary titles - ununquadium and ununhexium - but final names are yet to been decided.

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  • Is the euro, like ununquadium, simply too massive for the natural world?

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  • At the very moment that the physicists in Dubna, Russia, were birthing ununquadium, another group of scientists-dismal scientists-were smashing together the currencies of Western Europe to form a brand-new synthetic element known as the euro, which they proudly launched on Jan.

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  • At the very moment that the physicists in Dubna, Russia, were birthing ununquadium, another group of scientists-dismal scientists-were smashing together the currencies of Western Europe to form a brand-new synthetic element known as the euro, which they proudly launched on Jan.

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  • At the very moment that the physicists in Dubna, Russia, were birthing ununquadium, another group of scientists-dismal scientists-were smashing together the currencies of Western Europe to form a brand-new synthetic element known as the euro, which they proudly launched on Jan.

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  • Is the euro, like ununquadium, simply too massive for the natural world?

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  • Uuq

    November 26, 2007