technetium

From Ancient Greek τεχνητός (tekhnētós, “artificial, manmade”) + -ium, because it was the first manmade element synthesized.

• (General American) enPR: těknē'shēəm, -shəm, IPA^(key): /tɛkˈni.ʃi.əm/, /-ʃəm/[1]

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technetium (uncountable)

1. A metallic chemical element (symbol Tc) with an atomic number of 43.

• 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)

• technetium-99m generator
• technetium cow
• technetium star
• technetic

• pertechnetate

• moly cow

• technetium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

technetium

1. technetium

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technetium n (uncountable)

1. technetium

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tekʰˈneː.ti.um/, [t̪ɛkʰˈneːt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tekˈnet.t͡si.um/, [t̪ekˈnɛt̪ː͡s̪ium]

technētium n (genitive technētiī); second declension

1. technetium

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• IPA^(key): [tæxˈneː˨ʃɔ˧m]

technetium n

1. (uncountable) technetium
2. A part of technetium