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  • noun The systematic element name for the (as yet undiscovered) chemical element with atomic number 116 (symbol Uuh).

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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 + Greek hex-, hex- + –ium (in reference to its atomic number).]

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  • Uuh

    November 26, 2007