astatine
A highly radioactive chemical element (symbol ), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85.
A kind of
- chemical element
- halogen
Related words
- astatate
- astatinate
- astatane
- astatide
- eka-astatine
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ἄστατος" (unstable).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “astatine” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.