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eka-
eka- a prefix used to form names for predicted chemical elements, added to the name of the next highest actually occurring element of the same group in the periodic table: ekasilicon (renamed germanium when actually discovered); ekalead.[< German (Mendeleev, 1872) < Skt eka one]eka-
eka- (ek'ă), Prefix used to denote an undiscovered or just discovered element in the periodic system before a proper and official name is assigned by authorities, for example, eka-osmium, now plutonium. [Sanskrit eka, one] eka- Prefix used to denote an undiscovered or just discovered element in the periodic system before a proper and official name is assigned by authorities; e.g., eka-osmium, now plutonium. [Sanskrit eka, one] |