technetium
Pronunciation: /tɛkˈni.ʃi.əm/
The English word “technetium” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τεχνητός (tekhnētós, “artificial, manmade”) + -ium, because it was the first manmade element synthesized.
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