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

From Ancient Greek τεχνητός (tekhnētós) +‎ -ium.

technetium n (singular definite technetiummet, not used in plural form)

1. technetium

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technetium n (uncountable)

1. technetium

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tɛkʰˈneː.ti.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪ekˈnɛt̪.t̪͡s̪i.um]

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