HASSIUM


Meaning of HASSIUM in English

/ ˈhæsiəm; NAmE / noun

[ U ] ( symb Hs ) a chemical element, produced when atoms collide (= crash into each other)

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WORD ORIGIN

modern Latin , from Latin Hassias Hesse (the German state); it was discovered in Darmstadt in 1984.

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