Meanings
- uncountablechemistryAn artificially-produced transuranic chemical element (symbol Hs) with atomic number 108.
The authors conclude that hassium may not exist in nature outside of star interiors.
- countablechemistryAn atom of this element.
This radioactive decay produces a hassium that lasts for several seconds.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna radioactive transuranic element, with atomic number 108
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- LatinHassia“Hesse”
- Englishhassium
From Latin Hassia (“Hesse”), the location of the institute where the element was first synthesized, + -ium.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans hassium
- hassiumchemical element with atomic number 108
Arabic هَسْيُوم
- هَسْيُوم (hasyum)chemical element with atomic number 108
Bulgarian ха́сий
- ха́сий (hásij)chemical element with atomic number 108
Catalan hassi
- hassichemical element with atomic number 108
Chinese Mandarin 𨭆 /𬭶
- 𨭆 /𬭶 (hēi)chemical element with atomic number 108
Czech hassium
- hassiumchemical element with atomic number 108
Danish hassium
- hassiumchemical element with atomic number 108
Dutch hassium
- hassiumchemical element with atomic number 108
Esperanto hasio
- hasiochemical element with atomic number 108
Estonian hassium
- hassiumchemical element with atomic number 108
Finnish hassium
- hassiumchemical element with atomic number 108
French hassium
- hassiumchemical element with atomic number 108
German Hassium
- Hassiumchemical element with atomic number 108
Greek χάσιο
- χάσιο (chásio)chemical element with atomic number 108
Hebrew הסיום
- הסיום (hesyum)chemical element with atomic number 108
Hungarian hasszium
- hassziumchemical element with atomic number 108
Italian hassio
- hassiochemical element with atomic number 108
Japanese ハッシウム
- ハッシウム (hasshiumu)chemical element with atomic number 108
Korean 하슘
- 하슘 (hasyum)chemical element with atomic number 108
Latvian hasijs
- hasijschemical element with atomic number 108
Lithuanian hasis
- hasischemical element with atomic number 108
Malay hassium
- hassiumchemical element with atomic number 108
Norwegian hassium
- hassiumchemical element with atomic number 108
Polish has
- haschemical element with atomic number 108
Portuguese hássio
- hássiochemical element with atomic number 108
Romanian hassiu
- hassiuchemical element with atomic number 108
Russian ха́ссий
- ха́ссий (xássij)chemical element with atomic number 108
Scottish Gaelic haisiam
- haisiamchemical element with atomic number 108
Slovak hasium, hásium
- hasiumchemical element with atomic number 108
- hásiumchemical element with atomic number 108
Spanish hasio
- hasiochemical element with atomic number 108
Swedish hassium
- hassiumchemical element with atomic number 108
Tamil ஹஸ்ஸியம்
- ஹஸ்ஸியம் (hassiyam)chemical element with atomic number 108
Thai แฮลเชียม
- แฮลเชียม (haessiam)chemical element with atomic number 108
Turkish hassiyum
- hassiyumchemical element with atomic number 108
Ukrainian га́сій
- га́сій (hásij)chemical element with atomic number 108
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Cite this entry
hassium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hassium
“hassium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hassium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hassium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hassium.
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