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Ununpentium Moderate

Ununpentium has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a radioactive transuranic element

2

The systematic element name for the chemical element with atomic number 115 (symbol Uup). The element is now named moscovium.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
chemical element

Origin

The name ununpentium is a systematic placeholder constructed by combining the roots un- and pent- with the suffix -ium. It literally describes an element with atomic number 115, where "un" represents one and "pent" represents five in the sequence of digits.

Rhyming Words
ium sium ilium opium apium arium mnium onium odium aecium corium helium cilium lycium aprium radium lilium nerium galium indium
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