technetium
noun/tekˈniːʃiəm/
/tekˈniːʃiəm/
[uncountable] (symbol Tc)
- a chemical element. Technetium is found naturally as a product of uranium or made artificially from molybdenum.Word Origin1940s: modern Latin, from Greek tekhnētos ‘artificial’, from tekhnasthai ‘make by art’, from tekhnē ‘art’.
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