Definitions

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  • noun The systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 117 (symbol Uus)

Etymologies

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

[Latin ūnus, one; see unun + Latin ūnus + Latin septem, seven; see septm̥ in Indo-European roots + –ium (in reference to its atomic number).]

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Examples

  • Even though the name ununseptium (symbol: Uus) is only temporary, Russian and U.S. scientists still have made an important discovery of a new chemical element, one with an atomic number of Z = 117.

    OCAU News James Agg Rolfe 2010

  • The element - which has no formal name but is known as ununseptium - was created by accelerating an atom of calcium (element 20) in a cyclotron and smashing it into an atom of berkelium (element 97).

    CBC | Top Stories News 2010

  • The element 117 is roughly 40 per cent heavier than lead and has been given the temporary name ununseptium, which refers to its atomic number.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • For the moment, the discovery will be known as ununseptium, a very unwhimsical, latinate placeholder that refers to the element's atomic number, 117.

    NYT > Home Page By JAMES GLANZ 2010

  • For the moment, the discovery will be known as ununseptium, a very unwhimsical, latinate placeholder that refers to the element's atomic number, 117.

    NYT > Home Page By JAMES GLANZ 2010

  • For the moment, the discovery will be known as ununseptium, a very unwhimsical, latinate placeholder that refers to the element's atomic number, 117.

    NYT > Home Page By JAMES GLANZ 2010

  • For the moment, the discovery will be known as ununseptium, a very unwhimsical Latinate placeholder that refers to the element's atomic number, 117.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • The element - which has no formal name but is known as ununseptium - was created by accelerating an atom of calcium (element 20) in a cyclotron and smashing it into an atom of berkelium (element 97).

    CBC | Top Stories News 2010

  • For the moment, the discovery will be known as ununseptium, a very unwhimsical Latinate placeholder that refers to the element's atomic number, 117.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • After a lot of bombarding things that were made out of other bombarded things, scientists had their new element, which they temporarily dubbed ununseptium (Latin for 117-ness).

    Something Awful zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack "Geist Editor 2010

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  • Uus

    November 26, 2007

  • The systematic element name placeholder for element Z=117, also known by the temporary symbol Uus, as oroboros listed in the comment below. Also historically called eka-astatine in Dmitri Mendeleev's naming system for predicted but as-yet undiscovered elements.

    April 15, 2010