"nihonium" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /nɪˈhoʊ.ni.əm/ [General-American]
enPR: nĭhō'nēəm [General-American] Etymology: From Japanese 日本 (Nihon, “Japan”) + -ium. Promulgated in June 2016 by the IUPAC based on recommendations of the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science to honor the country where the element was discovered. Doublet of nipponium. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ja|日本||Japan|tr=Nihon}} Japanese 日本 (Nihon, “Japan”), {{suffix|en||ium}} + -ium, {{doublet|en|nipponium}} Doublet of nipponium Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} nihonium (uncountable)
  1. The synthetic transactinide chemical element with atomic number 113. Wikipedia link: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, RIKEN, nihonium Tags: uncountable Synonyms: Nh [symbol], ununtrium, Uut [symbol], eka-thallium Related terms: nipponium Translations (Translations): nihoni [masculine] (Catalan), 鉨 /鿭 (nǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), nihonio (Esperanto), nihonium (Finnish), nihonium [masculine] (French), Nihonium [neuter] (German), νιχόνιο (nichónio) [neuter] (Greek), nihónium (Hungarian), nihono (Ido), nihonio [masculine] (Italian), ニホニウム (nihoniumu) (Japanese), 니호늄 (nihonyum) (Korean), nihonijs [masculine] (Latvian), нихониум (nihonium) [masculine] (Macedonian), nihon [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), nihônio [masculine] (Portuguese), nihónio [masculine] (Portuguese), niônio [masculine] (Portuguese), niónio (Portuguese), нихоний (nixonij) [masculine] (Russian), nihónium [neuter] (Slovak), nihonio [masculine] (Spanish), нігоній (nihonij) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ניהאָניוּם (nihonyum) (Yiddish)
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (f889f65 and 8fbd9e8). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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