eka-

Chemistry.

1. a prefix used to designate the first element of the same family in the periodic table beyond the one to whose name it is prefixed, as ekaselenium for technetium.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eka-¹

From the Sanskrit word eka one

Example Sentences

The Pandavas went therefore to Eka-chakra and lived with a Brahman who had a wife and a daughter and an infant son.

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Thereafter Pritha's son dragged the monster's body to the main gate of Eka-chakra.

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Eka waiting waist-deep in the snow for the Founder to instruct him.

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The hypothetical Eka aluminium of Mendelejeff appears therefore to correspond with the gallium of Boisbaudran.

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