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hassium

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • hăs'ēəm
  • /ˈhæsiəm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An artificially-produced transuranic chemical element (symbol Hs) with atomic number 108.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • The authors conclude that hassium may not exist in nature outside of star interiors.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A single atom of this element.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • This radioactive decay produces a hassium that lasts for several seconds.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a radioactive transuranic element

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Hs, element 108, atomic number 108

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chemical element, element

History

Etymology

From Latin Hassia (“Hesse”), the location of the institute where the element was first synthesized, + -ium.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: hassium — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Albanian: hasium — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Arabic: هَسْيُوم (hasyum) — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Armenian: հասիում (hasium) — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Bulgarian: ха́сий (hásij) — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Catalan: hassi — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Chinese Mandarin: 𨭆 /𬭶 (hēi) — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Cornish: hassyum — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Czech: hassium — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Danish: hassium — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Dutch: hassium — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Esperanto: hasio — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Estonian: hassium — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Finnish: hassium — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • French: hassium — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • West-Frisian: hassium — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Galician: hassio — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Georgian: ჰასიუმი (hasiumi) — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • German: Hassium — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Greek: χάσιο (chásio) — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Hebrew: הסיום (hesyum) — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Hungarian: hasszium — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Italian: hassio — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Japanese: ハッシウム (hasshiumu) — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Kashubian: has — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Korean: 하슘 (hasyum) — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Latvian: hasijs — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Lithuanian: hasis — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Luxembourgish: Hassium — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Macedonian: хасиум (hasium) — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Malay: hassium — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Norwegian: hassium — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Polish: has — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Portuguese: hássio — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Romanian: hassiu — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Russian: ха́ссий (xássij) — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Scottish Gaelic: haisiam — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Serbo-Croatian: хасиj — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Serbo-Croatian: хасиjум — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Serbo-Croatian: hasij — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Serbo-Croatian: hasijum — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Slovak: hasium — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Slovak: hásium — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Spanish: hasio — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Swedish: hassium — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Tajik: ҳассий (hassiy) — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Tamil: ஹஸ்ஸியம் (hassiyam) — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Thai: แฮลเชียม (haessiam) — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Turkish: hassiyum — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Ukrainian: га́сій (hásij) — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Uzbek: xassiy — chemical element with atomic number 108
  • Volapük: hasin — chemical element with atomic number 108