hassium
noun/ˈhæsiəm/
/ˈhæsiəm/
[uncountable] (symbol Hs)
- a chemical element. Hassium is produced when atoms crash into each other.Word Originmodern Latin, from Latin Hassias ‘Hesse’ (the German state); it was discovered in Darmstadt in 1984.
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