systematic element name
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
7
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A systematic name for a chemical 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.
Example Sentences
- "Before IUPAC named the element with atomic number 106 “seaborgium” in honour of Glenn Seaborg, it was called by the systematic element name unnilhexium."
Inflected Forms
Phrases
-nil-
-un-
-bi-
-tri-
-quad-
-pent-
-hex-
-sept-
Frequently Paired Words
-nil-
-un-
-bi-
-tri-
-quad-
-pent-
-hex-
-sept-