actinium

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English

Chemical element
Ac
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Etymology

Borrowed from French actinium. actin- +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ăktĭn'ēəm, IPA(key): /ækˈtɪniəm/
  • (file)

Noun

actinium (usually uncountable, plural actiniums)

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  1. A radioactive, metallic chemical element (symbol: Ac) with an atomic number of 89; found in uranium ores.

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Noun

actinium

  1. actinium

Dutch

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Chemical element
Ac
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Next: thorium (Th)

Etymology

Borrowed from French actinium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑkˈti.ni.ʏm/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ac‧ti‧ni‧um

Noun

actinium n (uncountable)

  1. actinium

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French

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Pronunciation

Noun

actinium m (uncountable)

  1. actinium

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Latin

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖν- (aktís, aktîn-, ray).

Pronunciation

Noun

actīnium n (genitive actīniī); second declension

  1. actinium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative actīnium actīnia
Genitive actīniī actīniōrum
Dative actīniō actīniīs
Accusative actīnium actīnia
Ablative actīniō actīniīs
Vocative actīnium actīnia

Norwegian Bokmål

Chemical element
Ac
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Electron shell diagram for Actinium, the 89th element in the periodic table of elements.

Etymology

First part actin- from Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís, ray, beam), from Proto-Hellenic , from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷ-t-u-s ~ *n̥kʷ-t-éw-s, from *nókʷts (night), from *negʷ- (bare, naked). Last part from Latin -ium (forms names of chemical elements), from -ius (forms adjectives), from Old Latin -iōs, from Proto-Italic *-jos (forms comparative adverbs), from Proto-Indo-European *-yōs ~ *-is- (forms adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akˈtiːnɪʉm/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʉm
  • Hyphenation: ac‧ti‧ni‧um

Noun

actinium n (definite singular actiniumet, indefinite plural actinium, definite plural actiniuma or actiniumene)

  1. (organic chemistry) actinium (a radioactive, metallic chemical element (symbol: Ac) with an atomic number of 89; found in uranium ores)
    • 2015, periodesystemet.no:
      actinium får nitrogenet i luften til å lyse blått
      actinium causes the nitrogen in the air to glow blue

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