ASTATINE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium

Synonyms:

astatine; At; atomic number 85

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("astatine" 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)

halogen (any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions)

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