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Definition of Astatine
1. Noun. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium.
Definition of Astatine
1. Noun. A highly radioactive chemical element (''symbol'' At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Astatine
1. a radioactive element [n -S]
Medical Definition of Astatine
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Astatine
Literary usage of Astatine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Contracts: Not Under Seal; and Upon the by Joseph Chitty (1834)
"64, astatine. And ante, 72, 73. 131357. (*) Munn v. Raker, 2 Stark. R. 255.
(»/) Bacon's F.lem. c. 3; 2 Bla. C. 2 C. & P. 550, SC, Chilly Jun. ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"A return of property for taxation in another state docs not exempt it from taxation
in the absence of astatine to that effect, if the property Is otherwise ..."
3. The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt, Thomas Dick (1842)
"... and are the marks of great physical revolutions, which are perpetually astatine
and changing tile surface of the planet. The first of these opinions ..."
4. The Methodist Review (1879)
"... that there is a special statute for the trial of heresy would set it aside as
to that; for it is an axiom that astatine always sets aside common law. ..."
5. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1902)
"... region east of the Sierra Nevada—in other words, of the river-basins which
flow into the Gulf of Mexico and the West Atlantic. The astatine region ..."
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