English Explanatory Dictionary

technetium star

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Meanings

noun

A star in which technetium has been detected. Technetium is too short-lived to occur primordially in the star, if the star is about 4.5 billion years old (the estimated age of the Earth), so the star must be producing technetium.

Word forms

technetium star technetium stars

Related words

Przybylski's Star

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