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alabamine

/ˌæləˈbæmiːn/
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• noun

1

American An obsolete, historically proposed name for the chemical element with atomic number 85, which is now officially known as astatine.

Example

"During the 1930s, some American periodic tables briefly included alabamine before the claim of its discovery was disproven."

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Word Nuance & Usage

The term 'alabamine' is completely obsolete in modern chemistry; the element it referred to was later officially confirmed by different researchers and named 'astatine'.

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Word Origin & Etymology

Coined in 1931 by scientists Fred Allison and Edgar Murphy at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, named after the US state of Alabama where they incorrectly believed they had discovered element 85.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Alabamine. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Oct 12, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/alabamine
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