Ekasilicon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The predicted element lying below silicon in the periodic table — later named germanium. obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

From eka- + silicon. The name was given by Dmitri Mendeleev.

Related phrases

periodic table

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