tennessine

[ ten-uh-seen ]

noun

, Chemistry, Physics.

1. a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a short half-life. : Ts; : 117.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tennessine¹

Named in 2016 ; after Tennessee ( def ) (location of Vanderbilt University) + -ine ²( def )

Example Sentences

The heaviest elements, such as tennessine with 117 protons, aren’t created by nature at all.

From Scientific American

Some of the histories invoked by the pictures and text are complex, but others are easily read: Tennessine is hailed in the form of a whiskey bottle, and Sodium, the most basic substance celebrated here, inspires 11 poems.

From Washington Post

Claes Fahlander, a nuclear physicist at Lund University in Sweden, expects that experimental results will eventually support the claims for moscovium and tennessine.

From Scientific American

Claes Fahlander, a nuclear physicist at Lund University in Sweden, expects that experimental results will eventually support the claims for moscovium and tennessine.

From Nature

He walks around with a radiation dosimeter around his neckto measure his exposureanda lapel pin that reads “Ts,” for Tennessine, atomic number 117, a recently created element whose name honors the state that is home to Oak Ridge.

From Washington Post