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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The metallic element technetium. obsolete, uncountable

Synonyms

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eka manganesetechnetium

Etymology

From Masuria + -ium, named by Walter Noddack, whose family was from that area, when he reported its discovery in 1925.

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