Associations to the word «Astatine»

Wiktionary

ASTATINE, noun. A highly radioactive chemical element (symbol At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85.

Dictionary definition

ASTATINE, noun. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats