Meanings
- uncountablechemistryThe chemical element with atomic number 115.
Researchers carefully choose the makeup of the beam and the target in hopes of producing a designer atom of the element desired. That’s how the four newest elements were created: nihonium (element 113), moscovium (115), tennessine (117) and oganesson (118) (SN Online: 11/30/16).
2019 February 27, Emily Conover, “Extreme elements push the boundaries of the periodic table”, in Science News1 more example
In January 2016 the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) announced the discovery of four new elements, so completing the seventh row of the periodic table. They have since been named as nihonium, Nh, muscovium^([sic]), Mc, tennessine, Ts, and organesson^([sic]), Og. The procedures for naming new elements are clearly laid out by IUPAC.
2018, Mark Weller, Tina Overton, Fraser Armstrong, Jonathan Rourke, chapter 1, in Inorganic Chemistry, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 21- countablechemistryAn atom of this element.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From Moscow + -ium, named after Moscow Oblast. Promulgated as the proposed name for ununpentium in June 2016 by the IUPAC based on recommendations of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Vanderbilt University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to honor the region where the element was discovered.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans moskovium
- moskovium115th element
Bengali মস্কোভিয়াম
- মস্কোভিয়াম (moskōbhiẏam)115th element
Bulgarian московий
- московий (moskovij)115th element
Catalan moscovi
- moscovi115th element
Chinese Mandarin 鏌 /镆
- 鏌 /镆 (mò)115th element
Danish moscovium
- moscovium115th element
Dutch moscovium
- moscovium115th element
Esperanto moskovio
- moskovio115th element
Finnish moskovium
- moskovium115th element
French moscovium
- moscovium115th element
German Moscovium
- Moscovium115th element
Greek μοσκόβιο
- μοσκόβιο (moskóvio)115th element
Hindi मोस्कोवियम
- मोस्कोवियम (moskoviyam)115th element
Hungarian moszkóvium
- moszkóvium115th element
Italian moscovio
- moscovio115th element
Japanese モスコビウム
- モスコビウム (mosukobiumu)115th element
Korean 모스코븀
- 모스코븀 (moseukobyum)115th element
Latvian moskovijs
- moskovijs115th element
Polish moskow
- moskow115th element
Portuguese moscóvio
- moscóvio115th element
Russian московий
- московий (moskovij)115th element
Slovak moskóvium
- moskóvium115th element
Spanish moscovio
- moscovio115th element
Swedish moskovium
- moskovium115th element
Ukrainian моско́вій
- моско́вій (moskóvij)115th element
Welsh moscofiwm
- moscofiwm115th element
Cite this entry
moscovium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moscovium
“moscovium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moscovium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moscovium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moscovium.
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