astatine

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Chemical element
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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄστατος (“unstable”) +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: asʹtətēn, IPA: /ˈastətiːn/, X-SAMPA: /"ast@ti:n/

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Noun

astatine (uncountable)

1. A highly radioactive chemical element (symbol At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85.
   • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, p. 221:

     Astatine, for instance, is practically unstudied. It has a name and a place on the periodic table (next to Marie Curie's polonium), but almost nothing else.

Synonyms

• alabamine (proposed name)
• anglo-helvetium (formerly)

Derived terms

• astatane
• eka-astatine

Translations

the chemical element

• Afrikaans: astaat (af)
• Albanian: astat (sq)
• Arabic: أستاتين (ar) (ʾastatīn) m
• Armenian: աստատ (hy) (astat)
• Asturian: astatu (ast) m
• Basque: astatoa (eu)
• Belarusian: астат (be) (astát) m
• Breton: astat
• Bulgarian: астатин (bg) (astatín) m
• Catalan: àstat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 砹 (cmn) (ài)

• Cornish: astatyn
• Czech: astat (cs) m
• Danish: astat (da)
• Dutch: astatium (nl) n, astaat (nl) n
• Esperanto: astato (eo)
• Estonian: astaat (et)
• Faroese: astatan (fo)
• Finnish: astatiini (fi)
• French: astate (fr) m
• Friulian: astat
• Galician: astato
• Georgian: ასტატი (ka) (astati)
• German: Astat (de) n, Astatin (de) n
• Greek: άστατο (el) (ástato) n
• Hebrew: אסטטין (he) (astatín)
• Hindi: लावणी (hi) (lāvanī)
• Hungarian: asztácium (hu)
• Icelandic: astat (is)
• Indonesian: astatin (id)
• Irish: astaitín (ga)
• Italian: astato (it) m
• Japanese: アスタチン (ja) (asutachin)
• Kashubian: astat
• Kazakh: астатин (kk) (astatïn)

• Korean: 아스타틴 (ko) (aseutatin)
• Latin: astatium (la)
• Latvian: astats (lv) m
• Lithuanian: astatinas (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Astat
• Macedonian: астат (mk) (astát) m
• Malay: astatin (ms)
• Maltese: astatin (mt)
• Manx: astaçheen
• Mongolian: астат (mn) (astat)
• Norwegian: astat (no)
• Persian: استاتین (fa) (astâtin)
• Polish: astat (pl) m
• Portuguese: astato (pt) m
• Romanian: astatin (ro) n
• Russian: астат (ru) (astát) m, астатин (ru) (astatín) m
• Scottish Gaelic: astaitain
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: астат (sh) m

  Roman: astat (sh) m

• Slovak: astat (sk) m
• Slovene: astat (sl) m
• Spanish: astato (es) m
• Swedish: astat (sv)
• Tajik: астат (tg) (astat)
• Tamil: அஸ்தாதைன் (astātain)
• Thai: แอสทาทีน (th) (àesthāthīn)
• Turkish: astat (tr), asatatin (tr)
• Ukrainian: астат (uk) (astát) m
• Uzbek: astat (uz) (astatin)

  Cyrillic: астат (uz)

• Vietnamese: astatin (vi)
• Volapük: lastatin (vo)
• Welsh: astatin (cy)
• West Frisian: astaat

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