systematic element name

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Noun

systematic element name (plural systematic element names)

  2. (chemistry) A systematic name for a chemical element, derived from the digits of its atomic number to which the suffix -ium is appended; normally only used for transuranic elements before or for a short period after they have been created, after which they are given a non-systematic name.
    Hypernyms: systematic name (chemistry sense) < systematic name (broad sense) < name < identifier
    Before IUPAC named the element with atomic number 106 “seaborgium” in honour of Glenn Seaborg, it was called by the systematic element name unnilhexium.

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