ASTATINE


Meaning of ASTATINE in English

[as.ta.tine] n [Gk astatos unsteady, fr. a- + statos standing, fr. histanai to cause to stand--more at stand] (1947): a radioactive halogen element discovered by bombarding bismuth with alpha particles and also formed by radioactive decay

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