All languages combined word senses marked with topical category "Element nomenclature"

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Total 16 word senses

• IUPAC name (Noun) [English] A formal chemical name specified by rules from IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry)
• chemical symbol (Noun) [English] The 1- to 3-letter international code for a chemical element. It is the same in all languages. Thus, gold always has the chemical symbol "Au", regardless what people call it in their language.
• dwi- (Prefix) [English] A designation prefix for undiscovered chemical elements lying two periods under a known element in the periodic table. (For example, rhenium was called dwi-manganese before its discovery in 1925.)
• eka- (Prefix) [English] Used to form prototype names for as-yet undiscovered elements, when prepended to the known element above them in the same group of the periodic table.
• oganessium (Noun) [English] A rejected name for oganesson
• systematic element name (Noun) [English] A systematic name for an element, derived from the digits of its atomic number to which the suffix -ium is appended; normally only used for transuranic elements before or for a short period after they have been created, after which they are given a non-systematic name.
• systematic name (Noun) [English] A name that systematically designates a well-defined group of entities.; A name composed of words or symbols that precisely describe chemical structure; such names exist for both elements and compounds
• tennessium (Noun) [English] A rejected name for tennessine
• tri- (Prefix) [English] Used in combination with a known element name (e.g. 'tri-silicon') to designate an unknown element that would reside three periods lower than the known element on a Mendeleev-type periodic table. See Mendeleev's predicted elements.
• trivial name (Noun) [English] A non-systematic name for a chemical element (see systematic element name).
• -gen (Suffix) [English] A producer of something, or an agent in the production of something.
• -ine (Suffix) [English] Used to form names of chemical substances, especially basic (alkaline) substances, alkaloidal substances, or halogen elements.
• -ium (Suffix) [English] Used to form the temporary systematic element name of a metallic or nonmetallic element which is postulated to exist, or which has been newly synthesized and has not yet been assigned a permanent name.
• -on (Suffix) [English] Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles (proton), quanta (photon), molecular units (codon), or substances (interferon).
• -on (Suffix) [English] Forming names of things considered as basic or fundamental units, such as codon or recon.
• -on (Suffix) [English] Forming names of noble gases and certain nonmetal elements (such as boron or silicon).

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