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darmstadtium

Syllabification: (darm·stadt·i·um)
Pronunciation: /därmˈstatēəm, -ˈSHtät-/

Definition of darmstadtium

noun

  • the synthetic chemical element of atomic number 110. It is a superheavy metal that decays in thousandths of a second. (Symbol: Ds)

Origin:

early 21st century: after a laboratory in Darmstadt, Germany, where the element was first created

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