ununhexium

Questions about ununhexium

What does ununhexium mean?

ununhexium means "a radioactive transuranic element".

How many syllables are in ununhexium?

ununhexium has 5 syllables: u-nun-hex-i-um. The stress falls on "hex".

What is another word for ununhexium?

Close synonyms include Uuh, element 116, atomic number 116. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ununhexium a common word?

ununhexium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.