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element 114

American  
[el-uh-muhnt wuhn fawr-teen] / ˈɛl ə mənt ˈwʌn ˌfɔrˈtin /

noun

  1. Chemistry. flerovium.

element 114 Scientific  

  1. An artificially produced radioactive element whose most stable isotope has a mass number of 289 and a half-life of approximately 2.7 seconds. Radioactive decay of all isotopes is chiefly by alpha-particle transmission.

  2. Also called ununquadium

  3. See Periodic Table

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Take element 114, flerovium - named after the founder of the Dubna research centre - the existence of which was confirmed by a team under Nitsche's leadership.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2014

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