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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A highly unstable radioactive element, the heaviest of the halogen group, that resembles iodine in solution. Its longest lived isotope has a mass number of 210 and has a half-life of 8.3 hours. Atomic number 85; melting point 302°C; boiling point 337°C; valence probably 1, 3, 5, 7. cross-reference: Periodic Table.

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  • noun A highly radioactive chemical element (symbol At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85.

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

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek astatos, unstable; see astasia + –ine.]

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From Ancient Greek ἄστατος ("unstable") +‎ -ine.

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  • Can be spelled with the Periodic Table of Elements symbols: AsTaTiNe

    December 12, 2006

  • At.

    December 16, 2007