(A name proposed for) the chemical element astatine.
Origin
1930s. From the name of the U.S. state of Alabama + -ine, with allusion to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, at which physicists were working to isolate the element.
Definition of alabamine in US English:
alabamine
noun
Chemistry historical
(A name proposed for) the chemical element astatine.
Origin
1930s. From the name of the U.S. state of Alabama + -ine, with allusion to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, at which physicists were working to isolate the element.