masurium

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masurium

(məˈsʊərɪəm)

(Elements & Compounds) the former name for technetium

[C20: New Latin, after Masuria, where it was discovered]

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(1925) Germany: Scientists report the discovery of two new elements, masurium and rhenium.

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They called element 43 masurium, after a district in eastern Germany.

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Two improvements are possible for the transadditions list (discovered with the help of the Franklin Crossword Puzzle Solver): ALUMINUM transadds to NUMMULARIA, and HAFNIUM to HUMANIFY." He notes that Webster's Third lists additional variant names for elements such as ALABAMINE, MASURIUM, VIRGINIUM, EKA-CESIUM and DVI-MANGANESE, not to mention the well-known QUICKSILVER.