alabamine

English edit

Etymology edit

Alabama +‎ -ine, after a discredited claim of discovery by the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.

Noun edit

alabamine (uncountable)

(obsolete) Former name for the chemical element astatine.

See also edit

Ab

References edit

“alabamine”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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