UNUNTRIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ununtrium mean? 

• UNUNTRIUM (noun)
  The noun UNUNTRIUM has 1 sense:

1. a radioactive transuranic element

  Familiarity information: UNUNTRIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNUNTRIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A radioactive transuranic element

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 113; element 113; ununtrium; Uut

Hypernyms ("ununtrium" is a kind of...):

chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)

 Context examples 

Currently, these elements are given the systematic placeholder names ununtrium, ununpentium, ununseptium and ununoctium, respectively.

(IUPAC proposes four new chemical element names, Wikinews)