technetium
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See also: Technetium and technétium
English
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Tc | |
| Previous: molybdenum (Mo) | |
| Next: ruthenium (Ru) | |
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τεχνητός (tekhnētós, “artificial, manmade”) + -ium, because it was the first manmade element synthesized.
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: těknē'shēəm, -shəm, IPA(key): /tɛkˈni.ʃi.əm/, /-ʃəm/[1]
Audio (General American); /tɛkˈni.ʃi.əm/: (file) Audio (General American); /tɛkˈni.si.əm/: (file)
Noun
technetium (uncountable)
- A metallic chemical element (symbol Tc) with an atomic number of 43.
Synonyms
- eka-manganese, ekamanganese (name given by Dmitri Mendeleev to the then undiscovered element at the position of technetium in his periodic table)
- masurium (proposed name; obsolete)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
chemical element
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See also
References
- ^ “technetium”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Further reading
technetium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Tc | |
| Previous: molybdæn (Mo) | |
| Next: ruthenium (Ru) | |
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τεχνητός (tekhnētós) + -ium.
Noun
technetium n (singular definite technetiummet, not used in plural form)
Declension
| neuter gender |
singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | technetium | technetiummet |
| genitive | technetiums | technetiummets |
References
Dutch
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Tc | |
| Previous: molybdeen (Mo) | |
| Next: ruthenium (Ru) | |
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
technetium n (uncountable)
Latin
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Tc | |
| Previous: molybdaenum (Mo) | |
| Next: ruthenium (Ru) | |
Pronunciation
Noun
technētium n (genitive technētiī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | technētium | technētia |
| genitive | technētiī | technētiōrum |
| dative | technētiō | technētiīs |
| accusative | technētium | technētia |
| ablative | technētiō | technētiīs |
| vocative | technētium | technētia |
Limburgish
Pronunciation
Noun
technetium n
- (uncountable) technetium
- A part of technetium