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astatine

/'æstə,tin__tɪn/

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noun
a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
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chemical element element halogen

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halogen any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions