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ununhexium

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The previous systematic element name for livermorium, the chemical element with atomic number 116.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: livermorium, mul:Lv, eka-polonium

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a radioactive transuranic element

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Uuh, element 116, atomic number 116

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chemical element, element

History

Etymology

Systematic element name, from un- + un- + hex- + -ium.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أُنُون هِيكْسِيُوم (ʔunun hiksiyum) — element with atomic number 116
  • Bulgarian: унунхе́ксий (ununhéksij) — element with atomic number 116
  • Catalan: ununhexi — element with atomic number 116
  • Dutch: ununhexium — element with atomic number 116
  • Esperanto: ununheksio — element with atomic number 116
  • Estonian: ununheksium — element with atomic number 116
  • Finnish: ununheksium — element with atomic number 116
  • French: ununhexium — element with atomic number 116
  • German: Ununhexium — element with atomic number 116
  • Greek: ουνουνέξιο (ounounéxio) — element with atomic number 116
  • Hungarian: ununhexium — element with atomic number 116
  • Italian: ununhexio — element with atomic number 116
  • Japanese: ウンウンヘキシウム (ununhekishiumu) — element with atomic number 116
  • Korean: 우눈헥슘 (ununheksyum) — element with atomic number 116
  • Northern Kurdish: ûnûnheksiyûm — element with atomic number 116
  • Malay: ununheksium — element with atomic number 116
  • Norwegian: ununhexium — element with atomic number 116
  • Polish: ununhexium — element with atomic number 116
  • Portuguese: ununhéxio — element with atomic number 116
  • Romanian: ununhexiu — element with atomic number 116
  • Russian: унунге́ксий (unungéksij) — element with atomic number 116
  • Serbo-Croatian: унунхексиј — element with atomic number 116
  • Serbo-Croatian: унунхексијум — element with atomic number 116
  • Serbo-Croatian: ununheksij — element with atomic number 116
  • Serbo-Croatian: ununheksijum — element with atomic number 116
  • Spanish: ununhexio — element with atomic number 116
  • Swedish: ununhexium — element with atomic number 116
  • Thai: อูนอูนเฮกเซียม (ūnūnhēgàsiam) — element with atomic number 116
  • Ukrainian: унунге́ксій (ununhéksij) — element with atomic number 116