cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bromine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: brō'mēn
enpr: -mĭn
enpr: -mīn
ipa: /ˈbɹəʊmiːn
ipa: -mɪn
ipa: -maɪn/
enpr: brō'mēn
ipa: /ˈbɹoʊmin/
Forms: form: bromines
form: bromin
Etymology: From obsolete English brome + -ine, this word being from French brome, from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”).
Senses: glosses: A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Br) with an atomic number of 35; one of the halogens, it is a fuming red-brown liquid at room temperature.
glosses: A bromine atom
Synonyms: muride
Hypernyms: halogen
element
Derived terms: bromal
bromane
bromate
brom-
bromo-
bromian
bromic
bromide
brominate
brominated
bromination
bromine chloride
bromine hydride
bromine monofluoride
bromine monoxide
bromine pentafluoride
bromine trifluoride
bromine water
brominism
bromise
bromize
bromism
bromite
bromoform
bromuret
dibromine
nonbromine
organobromine
radiobromine
Related terms: brome
krypton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: krĭp'tŏn
ipa: /ˈkɹɪptɒn/
Forms: form: kryptons
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”) + -on, used for all noble gases.
Senses: glosses: The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.
glosses: An atom of this element.
Derived terms: kryptide
krypton-85
krypton difluoride
krypton fluoride
kryptonide
radiokrypton
Related terms: kryptonate
kryptonite
rubidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ro͞obĭd'ēəm
ipa: /ˌɹuːˈbɪd.i.əm/
Forms: form: rubidiums
Etymology: A New Latin word derived by German chemist R. W. Bunsen in 1861, from Latin rūbidus (“red”) because its spectrum has two red lines.
Senses: glosses: The chemical element (symbol Rb) with an atomic number of 37. It is a soft, highly reactive alkali metal.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Derived terms: dirubidium
iodrubidium
monorubidium
organorubidium
radiorubidium
rubidide
rubidium auride
rubidium chloride
rubidium hydroxide
rubidium nitrate
rubidium oxide
rubidium-strontium
Related terms: rubidic
rubidian
strontium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: strŏn'tēəm
ipa: /ˈstɹɒn.ti.əm/
ipa: /ˈstrɒn.ʃi.əm/
Forms: form: strontiums
Etymology: Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, after the earlier term strontianite, for the name of the Scottish town Strontian.
Senses: glosses: The metallic chemical element (symbol Sr) with an atomic number of 38. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Derived terms: word: bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide
word: proto-strontium
word: rubidium-strontium
word: strontane
word: strontian
word: strontic
word: strontium-90
word: strontium aluminate
word: strontium chloride
word: strontium chloride hexahydrate
word: strontium hydroxide
word: strontium nitrate
word: strontium nitride
word: strontium oxide
word: strontium platinocyanide
word: strontium ranelate
word: strontium titanate
word: strontium unit
Related terms: word: BSCCO
word: strontia
word: strontian
word: celestite
yttrium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭt'rēəm
ipa: /ˈɪtɹiːəm/
ipa: /ˈjɪtɹiːəm/
Forms: form: yttriums
Etymology: From Ytterby + -ium, named after Ytterby, Sweden, the same etymological source as terbium, erbium, and ytterbium.
Senses: glosses: A silvery metallic chemical element (symbol Y) with an atomic number of 39, mainly found in combination with lanthanide elements in rare-earth minerals.
wikipedia: Ytterby
Derived terms: diyttrium trioxide
gadolinium yttrium garnet
yttric
yttriferous
yttrious
yttrite
yttrium-90
yttrium aluminium garnet
yttrium aluminum garnet
yttrium anhydrous chloride
yttrium barium copper oxide
yttrium fluoride
yttrium iron garnet
yttrium lithium fluoride
yttrium oxide
yttrium vanadate
yttro-
Related terms: erbium
terbium
YBCO
ytter
ytterbite
ytterbium
Ytterby
ytterite
yttria
bastnasite
zirconium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: zûrkō'nēəm
ipa: /zɜːɹˈkoʊniəm/
Forms: form: zirconiums
Etymology: From a New Latin coinage, from zircon. Doublet of jargonium.
Senses: examples: text: Do you like how I dance? / I've got zirconium pants / Consequential enough / To slip you into a trance
ref: 2005, Tally Hall, “Ruler of Everything”, in Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum:
glosses: A chemical element (symbol Zr) with an atomic number of 40, a strong, lustrous, grey-white transition metal mainly used as a refractory and opacifier.
Derived terms: cubic zirconium oxide
potassium zirconium fluoride
zircaloy
zircalloy
zirconium carbide
zirconium dioxide
zirconium nitride
zirconium oxide
zirconium tetrachloride
zirco-
zirconio-
zircono-
Related terms: zircon
zircona
zirconia
zirconic
zirconolite
baddeleyite
hyacinth
jacinth
jargon
ligure
niobium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: nīō'bēəm
ipa: /naɪˈoʊbiəm/
Forms: form: niobiums
Etymology: From Niobe + -ium, because of the element's affinity with tantalum, named after Niobe's father Tantalus.
Senses: examples: text: One should use hypoallergenic jewelry made of surgical grade stainless steel, titanium, 14- or 18-karat gold, or niobium, especially for initial piercings.
ref: 2024, David Golinkin, “Is Body Piercing Permitted According To Jewish Law”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 196:
glosses: A chemical element (symbol Nb) with an atomic number of 41: a light grey, crystalline, ductile transition metal used in superconducting materials.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Synonyms: english: in metallurgy; not in scientific use
translation: in metallurgy; not in scientific use
word: columbium
word: dianium
Derived terms: diniobium
ferroniobium
niobate
niobian
niobic
niobiferous
niobite
niobium carbide
niobium chloride
niobium pentachloride
niobous
niocalite
organoniobium
radioniobium
triniobium
Related terms: Niobe
columbite
columbite-tantalite
coltan
euxenite
pyrochlore
technetium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: těknē'shēəm
enpr: -shəm
ipa: /tɛkˈni.ʃi.əm/
ipa: /-ʃəm/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τεχνητός (tekhnētós, “artificial, manmade”) + -ium, because it was the first manmade element synthesized.
Senses: glosses: A metallic chemical element (symbol Tc) with an atomic number of 43.
Synonyms: word: eka-manganese
alt: name given by Dmitri Mendeleev to the then undiscovered element at the position of technetium in his periodic table
word: ekamanganese
english: proposed name; obsolete
translation: proposed name; obsolete
word: masurium
Derived terms: technetium-99m generator
technetium cow
technetium star
technetic
Related terms: pertechnetate
moly cow
ruthenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ro͞o-thē′-nē-əm
ipa: /ɹuːˈθiːniəm/
Forms: form: rutheniums
Etymology: Ruthenia + -ium
Senses: examples: text: Their latest catalyst includes some ruthenium.
glosses: A metallic chemical element (symbol Ru) with an atomic number of 44.
examples: text: This reaction substitutes a ruthenium for an osmium.
glosses: An atom of this element.
Derived terms: ammonium ruthenium chloride
ruthenate
rutheniate
ruthenic
ruthenio-
ruthenious
ruthenite
ruthenium dioxide
ruthenium oxide
ruthenium red
ruthenium tetroxide
ruthenium trichloride
Related terms: Ruthene
Ruthenian
Ruthenic
ruthenocene
rhodium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rō'dēəm
ipa: /ˈɹoʊdiəm/
rhymes: -oʊdiəm
Forms: form: rhodiums
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin rhodium, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), because of the colour of its salts' solutions.
Senses: glosses: A rare, hard, silvery-white, inert metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with an atomic number of 45.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Derived terms: rhodate
rhodium-gold
rhodium trichloride
Related terms: rhodic
rhodo- and its derivatives
rhodonite
rhodium wood
lignum rhodium
palladium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pəlā'dēəm
ipa: /pəˈleɪdiəm/
Forms: form: palladia
Etymology: The sense of "safeguard" comes from Latin Palladium (the image of Pallas that protected Troy), from Ancient Greek Παλλάδιον (Palládion), from Παλλάς (Pallás), an epithet used before Athena.
Senses: examples: text: The trial by jury is the Palladium of our civil rights.
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
text: [H]ow unspeakably ominous to dim Royalist participators; for whom Royalism was Mankind's palladium[.]
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
text: The presupposition of the Prometheus myth is to be found in the extravagant value which a naive humanity attached to fire as the true palladium of every ascending culture.
ref: 1967, Friedrich Nietzsche, translated by Walter Kaufman, The Birth of Tragedy, published 1872, in 1967:
glosses: A safeguard.
palladium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pəlā'dēəm
ipa: /pəˈleɪdiəm/
Forms: form: palladiums
Etymology: The element was named after Pallas, an asteroid that had been discovered two years before the element.
Senses: glosses: A chemical element (symbol Pd) with an atomic number of 46: a rare, lustrous silvery-white metal.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Derived terms: allylpalladium
dioxide of palladium
dipalladium
nonapalladium
octapalladium
organopalladium
pallad-
palladian
palladic
palladide
palladiferous
palladio-
palladious
palladous
palladium black
palladium chloride
palladium cyanide
palladium dichloride
palladium dinitrate
palladium hydride
palladiumise
palladiumize
palladium nitrate
palladoan
pentapalladium
protoxide of palladium
radiopalladium
testibiopalladite
tetrapalladium
Related terms: Pallas
cadmium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kăd'mēəm
ipa: /ˈkædmiəm/
Forms: form: cadmiums
Etymology: 1817, from Ancient Greek Καδμεία (Kadmeía, “calamine”), a cadmium-bearing mixture of minerals, which was named after the king Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”).
Senses: examples: text: CSPI says the Trump Administration could take steps to protect consumers from each of these chemicals and support FDA’s broader post-market assessment efforts. It could ensure that FDA sets health-protective limits on heavy metals, like lead, arsenic, and cadmium, in foods consumed by children.
ref: 2025 January 15, “FDA moves to eliminate carcinogenic Red 3 from foods”, in Center for Science in the Public Interest:
glosses: A chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48: a soft, silvery-white metal.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Derived terms: cadmian
cadmic
cadmiferous
cadmium acetate
cadmium antimonide
cadmium arsenide
cadmium azide
cadmium bromide
cadmium carbonate
cadmium cell
cadmium chloride
cadmium chromate
cadmium cyanide
cadmium cycle
cadmium fluoride
cadmium green
cadmium hydroxide
cadmium iodate
cadmium iodide
cadmium mercury cell
cadmium metasilicate
cadmium metatantalate
cadmium metazirconate
cadmium molybdate
cadmium niobate
cadmium nitrate
cadmium orange
cadmium oxalate
cadmium oxide
cadmium phosphate
cadmium phosphide
cadmium red
cadmium selenide
cadmium selenite
cadmium sulfate
cadmium sulphate
cadmium sulfide
cadmium sulphide
cadmium sulfite
cadmium sulphite
cadmium tellurate
cadmium telluride
cadmium titanate
cadmium tungstate
cadmium vanadate
cadmium yellow
cadmium zinc telluride
cadmiuria
cadmopone
cadmoselite
cadmous
dicadmium
epicadmium
mercury cadmium telluride
nicad
noncadmium
organocadmium
radiocadmium
Related terms: Cadmean
Cadmian
cadmia
cadmy
greenockite
itai-itai disease
indium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭnʹdēəm
ipa: /ˈɪndi.əm/
Forms: form: indiums
Etymology: Coined as a New Latin term from German Indigo (“indigo”), based on the color of its spectral lines.
Senses: glosses: A chemical element (symbol In) with an atomic number of 49: a soft silvery-white metal.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Derived terms: copper indium gallium selenide
diindium
indic
indide
indinic
indite
indium ammonium alum
indium antimonide
indium arsenide
indium bromide
indium chloride
indium dichloride
indium gallium nitride
indium hydroxide
indium iodide
indium monochloride
indium nitride
indium oxide
indium phosphide
indium salt
indium tin oxide
indium trichloride
nonindium
organoindium
radioindium
trimethylindium
Related terms: indigane
indigo
antimony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.tɪ.mə.niː/
enpr: ăn'tĭmənē
ipa: /ˈæn.tɪˌmoʊ.ni/
enpr: ăn'tĭmōnē
Forms: form: antimonies
Etymology: From Medieval Latin antimonium , attested in the 11th century; see also the Wikipedia section.
Senses: examples: text: Deep in the Salmon River Mountains, an Idaho mining company, Perpetua Resources, is proposing a vast open-pit gold mine that would also produce 115 million pounds of antimony — an element that may be critical to manufacturing the high-capacity liquid-metal batteries of the future.
ref: 2021 December 27, Jack Healy, Mike Baker, “As Miners Chase Clean-Energy Minerals, Tribes Fear a Repeat of the Past”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: stibium
glosses: A chemical element (symbol Sb, from Latin stibium) with an atomic number of 51: in its stable allotrope, a lustrous gray and very brittle metal.
examples: text: In quality synergistic additives in a composition use oxide antimonies.
ref: 2005, Al Berlin, Chemical Physics of Pyrolysis, Combustion, and Oxidation, →ISBN, page 21:
synonyms: stibium
glosses: The alloy stibnite.
Derived terms: antimonate
antimonene
antimonial
antimonian
antimoniate
antimoniated
antimonic
antimonide
antimoniferous
antimonioso-
antimonious
antimonous
antimonite
antimoniuret
antimoniuretted
antimonoan
antimony blende
antimony bloom
antimony glance
antimony hydride
antimonyl
antimony ocher
antimony ochre
antimony oxide
antimony oxysulfide
antimony pentachloride
antimony pentafluoride
antimony pentasulfide
antimony pentasulphide
antimony pentoxide
antimony quintachloride
antimony sesquioxide
antimony sulfide
antimony sulphide
antimony tetroxide
antimony triacetate
antimony tribromide
antimony trichloride
antimony trifluoride
antimony trihydride
antimony triiodide
antimony trioxide
antimony triselenide
antimony tritelluride
antimony vermilion
antimony white
antimony yellow
arsenical antimony
black antimony
butter of antimony
crocus of antimony
crude antimony
diantimony
explosive antimony
flowers of antimony
germanium antimony telluride
glass of antimony
gray antimony
liver of antimony
organoantimony
pentasulfide antimony
pentasulphide antimony
radioantimony
red antimony
regulus of antimony
saffron of antimony
sulfide of antimony
sulphide of antimony
sulfurated antimony
sulphurated antimony
tartarated antimony
tellurantimony
tetrantimony
triantimony
triphenylantimony
white antimony
yellow antimony
Related terms: word: antimonium
english: alchemical symbol
translation: alchemical symbol
word: ♁
word: allemonite
word: kermesite
word: leo ruber
word: lupus metallorum
word: plumbum nigrum
word: proteus
word: valentinite
tellurium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tĭlyo͝or'ēəm
ipa: /tɪˈljʊəɹiəm/
Forms: form: telluriums
Etymology: Latin tellūs (“earth”) + -ium
Senses: glosses: The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Synonyms: word: sylvanium
Hypernyms: chalcogen
Derived terms: bismuthic tellurium
bismuth-tellurium
black tellurium
foliated tellurium
graphic tellurium
tellurane
tellurate
telluret
tellureted
telluretted
telluric
telluride
tellurious
tellurise
tellurize
tellurite
tellurium-128
tellurium-130
tellurium bromide
tellurium chloride
tellurium dioxide
tellurium glance
tellurium hydride
tellurium nitrate
tellurium oxalate
tellurium salt
tellurium sulfate
tellurium sulphate
tellurium sulfide
tellurium sulphide
tellurium tetrachloride
tellurium trioxide
tellurous
tellur-
telluri-
tellururet
tetratellurium
white tellurium
yellow tellurium
Related terms: word: tellane
word: tellural
word: tellurian
english: of the earth
translation: of the earth
word: telluric
word: tellurion
word: tellurism
word: tellurometer
word: Tellus
word: calaverite
word: nagyagite
word: sylvanite
tellurium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tĭlyo͝or'ēəm
ipa: /tɪˈljʊəɹiəm/
Etymology: Latin tellus (“earth”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tellurion.
iodine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ī'ədīn
enpr: ī'ədĭn
enpr: ī'ədēn
ipa: /ˈaɪ.əˌdaɪn
ipa: -dɪn
ipa: -diːn/
Forms: form: iodines
Etymology: From French iode + -ine, from Ancient Greek ἰοειδής (ioeidḗs, “violet”). Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1814.
Senses: synonyms: iode
glosses: A chemical element (symbol: I) with an atomic number of 53; one of the halogens.
synonyms: tincture of iodine
glosses: An antiseptic incorporating the element.
glosses: An iodide.
Hypernyms: halogen
element
Derived terms: cadexomer iodine
chloriodine
diiodine
eka-iodine
iodabenzene
iodhydrin
iodian
iodiferous
iodimetry
iodinase
iodinate
iodination
iodine-125
iodine-131
iodine bush
iodine cyanide
iodine green
iodine heptafluoride
iodine index
iodine monobromide
iodine monochloride
iodine number
iodine pentafluoride
iodine pentoxide
iodine scarlet
iodine tribromide
iodine trichloride
iodine value
iodine yellow
iodinised
iodinized
iod-
iodo-
iodite
iodozone
iodyrite
Lugol's iodine
noniodine
organoiodine
polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine
povidone-iodine
quartz-iodine lamp
radioiodine
sulfur-iodine cycle
thyro-iodine
tincture of iodine
Related terms: iodate
iode
iodic
iodide
iodipin
iodise
iodize
iodous
iodine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ī'ədīn
enpr: ī'ədĭn
enpr: ī'ədēn
ipa: /ˈaɪ.əˌdaɪn
ipa: -dɪn
ipa: -diːn/
Forms: form: iodines
form: iodining
form: iodined
form: iodined
Etymology: From French iode + -ine, from Ancient Greek ἰοειδής (ioeidḗs, “violet”). Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1814.
Senses: synonyms: iodinate
glosses: to treat with iodine.
xenon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈziːnɒn/
enpr: zē'nŏn
enpr: zē'nən
ipa: /ˈzinɑn/
ipa: /ˈzinən/
ipa: /zenɔn/
ipa: /zɪinɔn/
rhymes: -iːnɒn
Forms: form: xenons
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”) + -on, used for all noble gases.
Senses: glosses: The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.
Derived terms: perxenate
xenon arc lamp
xenon chloride
xenon difluoride
xenon flash lamp
xenon fluoride
xenon hexafluoride
xenon hexafluoroplatinate
xenon lamp
xenon light
xenon tetrafluoride
xenon tetroxide
xenon trioxide
caesium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sē'zēəm
ipa: /ˈsiːzi.əm/
Forms: form: cæsium
form: cesium
Etymology: From Latin caesius (“sky-blue”), in reference to the radiation spectra, + -ium.
Senses: glosses: The chemical element (symbol Cs) with an atomic number of 55. It is a soft, gold-colored, highly reactive alkali metal.
Derived terms: caesian
caeside
caesium-137
caesium auride
cesium auride
caesium azide
cesium azide
caesium cell
cesium cell
caesium chloride
cesium chloride
caesium clock
cesium clock
caesium fluoride
cesium fluoride
caesium hydroxide
cesium hydroxide
caesium iodide
cesium iodide
caesium nitrate
cesium nitrate
dicaesium
eka-caesium
radiocaesium
tetracaesium
Related terms: caesious
lepidolite
pollucite
barium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛəɹɪəm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹɪəm
Forms: form: bariums
Etymology: Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from baryta + -ium.
Senses: synonyms: word: barytum
glosses: The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: barium sulfate suspension.
Derived terms: barian
bariferous
barite
barium acetate
barium aluminate
barium arsenate
barium arsenite
barium azide
barium bromate-dihydrate
barium bromate-monohydrate
barium bromide
barium carbide
barium carbonate
barium chlorate
barium chloride
barium chromate
barium copper disilicate
barium copper oxide
barium copper silicate
barium copper tetrasilicate
barium cyanide
barium dioxide
barium disilicate
barium fluoride
barium formate
barium hexaboride
barium hexafluorosilicate
barium hydroxide
barium iodide
barium manganate
barium meal
barium metaniobate
barium metaphosphate
barium metasilicate
barium metatitanate
barium molybdate
barium niobate
barium nitrate
barium nitride
barium nitrite
barium orthophosphate
barium orthovandate
barium oxalate
barium oxide
barium perchlorate
barium permanganate
barium peroxide
barium perxenate
barium platinocyanide
barium plutonate
barium potassium chromate
barium pyrophosphate
barium pyrovanadate
barium selenate
barium selenide
barium selenite
barium silicide
barium sodium niobate
barium stannate
barium star
barium sulfate
barium sulphate
barium sulfide
barium sulphide
barium sulfite
barium sulphite
barium swallow
barium tellurate-trihydrate
barium tellurite
barium thiocyanate
barium thiosulfate
barium titanate
barium tungstate
barium uranium oxide
barium zirconate
bazirite
dibarium
hexabarium
organobarium
platino-barium cyanide
radiobarium
tetrabarium
tribarium
yttrium barium copper oxide
Related terms: baric
barote
baryta
barytes
YBCO
gillespite
heavy spar
witherite
lanthanum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lăn'thənəm
ipa: /ˈlænθənəm/
Forms: form: lanthanums
form: lantanium
form: lanthanium
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λανθάνω (lanthánō, “to escape notice”) + -um (“a chemical element”), because it had gone long undetected in mineral ores.
Senses: glosses: A chemical element (symbol La) with an atomic number of 57: a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes slowly when exposed to air.
glosses: An atom of this element.
Synonyms: La
Derived terms: dilanthanum
lanthanian
lanthanum carbonate
lanthanum chloride
lanthanum glass
lanthanum nitrate
lanthanum oxide
lanthanum oxybromide
lanthanum sesquioxide
organolanthanum
radiolanthanum
Related terms: lanthana
lanthanate
lanthanide
lanthanite
lanthanoid
lanthanon
Fosrenol
rare earth
cerium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sîr'ēəm
ipa: /ˈsɪəɹiəm/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiəm
Forms: form: ceriums
form: cererium
Etymology: From Ceres (“a recently discovered asteroid”) + -ium.
Senses: examples: text: Despite their name, rare earths are not so rare. The most common, cerium, is as plentiful in the Earth's crust as copper or lead. The difference between them and more familiar materials is that, in nature, rare earths are almost never found on their own. Rather, they're mixed with other minerals, and often at low concentrations, making them difficult to mine economically.
ref: 2025 July 18, Timothy McLaughlin, “A Rebel Army Is Building a Rare-Earth Empire on China's Border. The Kachin Independence Organization fought for decades in obscurity. Now it's supplying essential minerals to manufacturers around the world”, in Bloomberg Businessweek, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2025:
glosses: A chemical element (symbol Ce) with an atomic number of 58, a very soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.
Derived terms: cerate
ceriation
ceric
ceriferous
cerine
cerite
cerium dioxide
cerium metals
cerium oxide
cerium trichloride
ceroan
cerous
dicerium
ferrocerium
noncerium
organocerium
radiocerium
tricerium
Related terms: Ceres
ceria
allanite
bastnasite
CAN
hydroxylbastnasite
jeweler's rouge
jeweller's rouge
monazite
orthite
rhabdophane
synchysite
praseodymium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹeɪzioʊˈdɪmiəm/
ipa: /ˌpreɪziːəˈdɪmiəm/
enpr: prāzēōdĭm'ēəm
Forms: form: praseodymiums
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πράσιος (prásios, “leek-green”) + didymium.
Senses: examples: text: But the government also gave MP Materials a decade-long guaranteed price floor for its products, such as the rare earths neodymium-praseodymium, at twice recent market rates (leaving aside the fact prices have soared this week as MP Materials has cut ties with China).
ref: 2025 August 30, Gillian Tett, “America's new ‘patriotic’ capitalism”, in FT Weekend, page 7:
glosses: A chemical element (symbol Pr) with an atomic number of 59, a soft, silvery, malleable and ductile rare earth metal, valued for its magnetic, electrical, chemical, and optical properties.
Derived terms: praseodymium trichloride
Related terms: didymium
neodymium
praseolite
neodymium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪə(ʊ)ˈdɪmɪəm/
ipa: /ˌniː.oʊˈdɪmiəm/
enpr: nēōdĭm'ēəm
Forms: form: neodymiums
Etymology: From neo- + (di)dymium.
Senses: examples: text: Other rare elements, like neodymium, exist in more than one isotopic form, the ratios of which can provide a measure of the depth from which the flow material may ultimately have been derived.
ref: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 63:
text: The most important application of dysprosium and terbium, which belong to a subgroup known as the heavy rare earths, is in devices called neodymium boron magnets, or neo magnets for short.
ref: 2025 July 18, Timothy McLaughlin, “A Rebel Army Is Building a Rare-Earth Empire on China's Border. The Kachin Independence Organization fought for decades in obscurity. Now it's supplying essential minerals to manufacturers around the world”, in Bloomberg Businessweek, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2025:
text: But the government also gave MP Materials a decade-long guaranteed price floor for its products, such as the rare earths neodymium-praseodymium, at twice recent market rates (leaving aside the fact prices have soared this week as MP Materials has cut ties with China).
ref: 2025 August 30, Gillian Tett, “America's new ‘patriotic’ capitalism”, in FT Weekend, page 7:
glosses: A chemical element (symbol Nd) with an atomic number of 60: a hard, slightly malleable silvery rare earth metal that quickly tarnishes in air and moisture.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Derived terms: dineodymium
neodymate
neodymian
neodymium magnet
neodymium trichloride
organoneodymium
Related terms: didymium
praseodymium
bastnasite
monazite
promethium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: prōmē'thēəm
ipa: /pɹoʊˈmiːθiəm/
Forms: form: prometheum
Etymology: 1945. From the name of the Greek god Prometheus, who stole the fire from Mount Olympus and brought it down to mankind + -ium.
Senses: glosses: A metallic chemical element (symbol Pm) with an atomic number of 61.
Synonyms: sense: metallic element
alt: disused
word: cyclonium
sense: metallic element
alt: disused
word: florentium
sense: metallic element
alt: disused
word: illinium
Derived terms: promethium chloride
promethium nitrate
Related terms: promethea
promethean
Prometheus
samarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈmɛə.ɹi.əm/
ipa: /səˈmɛɹ.i.əm/
enpr: səmăr'ēəm
ipa: /səˈmæɹiəm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Etymology: After samarskite, in turn honoring Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets.
Senses: glosses: A chemical element (symbol Sm) with an atomic number of 62, a moderately hard silvery metal that slowly oxidizes in air. Applications in human affairs include magnets with high performance at high temperatures, which are important in military equipment.
Derived terms: disamarium
organosamarium
radiosamarium
samarium-cobalt magnet
samarium diiodide
samarium oxide
samarium trichloride
Related terms: samarskite
dysprosium
europium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: yo͝o-rōʹpē-əm
ipa: /jʊˈɹəʊ.pɪ.əm/
ipa: /jəˈɹəʊ.pɪ.əm/
ipa: /juˈɹoʊ.pi.əm/
ipa: /jɚˈoʊ.pi.əm/
rhymes: -əʊpiəm
Etymology: Borrowed from French europium, from Europe + -ium.
Senses: glosses: A metallic chemical element (symbol Eu) with an atomic number of 63.
Derived terms: dieuropium
europian
europic
europium oxide
europium trichloride
europoan
europous
organoeuropium
radioeuropium
Related terms: Europe
gadolinium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: găd'ə-lĭnʹē-əm
ipa: /ˌɡæd.əˈlɪn.i.əm/
Forms: form: gadoliniums
Etymology: Named after chemist Johan Gadolin, a Swedish-speaking Finn, + -ium.
Senses: glosses: A chemical element (symbol Gd) with atomic number 64: a ductile silvery-white metal.
wikipedia: Johan Gadolin
Derived terms: digadolinium
gadolinian
gadolinic
gadolinium ethyl sulfate
gadolinium ethyl sulphate
gadolinium sulfate
gadolinium sulphate
gadolinium sulfate octahydrate
gadolinium sulphate octahydrate
gadolinium trichloride
gadolinium yttrium garnet
gallium gadolinium garnet
monogadolinium
nongadolinium
postgadolinium
radiogadolinium
Related terms: gadolinia
gadolinite
terbium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tûrʹbē-əm
ipa: /ˈtɝ.bi.əm/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)biəm
Etymology: From Ytterby + -ium, named after Ytterby, Sweden, the same etymological source as yttrium, erbium, and ytterbium.
Senses: examples: text: Myanmar is the world's third-largest source of rare earths after China and the US, and last year it accounted for almost half of the global mining of two especially important elements: dysprosium and terbium, which are essential for electric vehicles, wind turbines and certain military gear. […] The most important application of dysprosium and terbium, which belong to a subgroup known as the heavy rare earths, is in devices called neodymium boron magnets, or neo magnets for short. In small quantities, dysprosium and terbium allow neo magnets to operate at far higher temperatures than they otherwise could. Thus improved, they're key components in the drivetrains of EVs; the stronger the magnets, the more efficient an electric motor can be. They can also enhance the rotation of wind turbines and are used in the precision targeting systems of missiles.
ref: 2025 July 18, Timothy McLaughlin, “A Rebel Army Is Building a Rare-Earth Empire on China's Border. The Kachin Independence Organization fought for decades in obscurity. Now it's supplying essential minerals to manufacturers around the world”, in Bloomberg Businessweek, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2025:
glosses: A metallic chemical element (symbol Tb) with an atomic number of 65: a soft, silvery-white, rare earth metal that is malleable and ductile.
wikipedia: Ytterby
Derived terms: sodium terbium borate
terbia
terbic
terbium oxide
terbium peroxide
terbium trichloride
tetraterbium
Related terms: erbium
terbic
ytterbium
yttrium
dysprosium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭs-prōʹzē-əm
ipa: /dɪsˈpɹoʊ.zi.əm/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δυσπρόσιτος (dusprósitos, “hard to get”) + -ium. Compare also unobtainium.
Senses: examples: text: Caught in the middle of the U.S.-China trade war is a Chiclet-size magnet that is vital to every new electric vehicle on the road. The magnet is made with dysprosium. Atomic number 66. A rare-earth mineral with a silver metallic luster. More than 90% of refined dysprosium comes from China, and it is used in magnets that power everything from medical equipment to EV motors. In its retaliation against U.S. tariffs, China slowed exports of several rare-earth minerals and magnets this month, setting off a panic among U.S. automakers. “You cannot build the motor without the magnet,” said a senior automotive executive. “If we want electric-vehicle production to continue to happen in the United States, this has to be solved.”
ref: 2025 April 27, Sean McLain, “Dyspro-what? Why an Obscure Element Has the EV Industry in a Panic. The rare-earth mineral dysprosium, used for magnets in electric-vehicle motors, is among exports China slowed in response to Trump’s trade war”, in The Wall Street Journal, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2025:
text: Myanmar is the world's third-largest source of rare earths after China and the US, and last year it accounted for almost half of the global mining of two especially important elements: dysprosium and terbium, which are essential for electric vehicles, wind turbines and certain military gear. […] The most important application of dysprosium and terbium, which belong to a subgroup known as the heavy rare earths, is in devices called neodymium boron magnets, or neo magnets for short. In small quantities, dysprosium and terbium allow neo magnets to operate at far higher temperatures than they otherwise could. Thus improved, they're key components in the drivetrains of EVs; the stronger the magnets, the more efficient an electric motor can be. They can also enhance the rotation of wind turbines and are used in the precision targeting systems of missiles.
ref: 2025 July 18, Timothy McLaughlin, “A Rebel Army Is Building a Rare-Earth Empire on China's Border. The Kachin Independence Organization fought for decades in obscurity. Now it's supplying essential minerals to manufacturers around the world”, in Bloomberg Businessweek, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2025:
glosses: A metallic chemical element (symbol Dy) with atomic number 66: a rare earth element with a metallic silver lustre. Applications in human affairs include magnets with high performance, which are important in various machines with electric motors.
Derived terms: didysprosium
dysprosate
dysprosium oxide
dysprosium trichloride
organodysprosium
radiodysprosium
Related terms: dysprosia
samarium
holmium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hōʹmē-əm
ipa: /ˈhoʊ.mi.əm/
Forms: form: holmiums
Etymology: From Latin Holmia (“Stockholm”), the hometown of Per Teodor Cleve, one of the discoverers of holmium.
Senses: glosses: A chemical element (symbol Ho) with atomic number 67: a soft and malleable silvery-white metal, too reactive to be found uncombined in nature.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Derived terms: diholmium
holmate
holmia
holmian
holmium oxide
holmium sesquioxide
Related terms: holmic
Stockholm
erbium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɜː.bɪ.əm/
enpr: ûr'bē-əm
ipa: /ˈɝ.bi.əm/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)biəm
Forms: form: erbiums
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin erbium; itself from Swedish Ytterby (the name of the town where the element was first discovered) + -ium, coined by Swedish chemist and mineralogist Carl Gustaf Mosander in 1843. Doublet of terbium, ytterbium, and yttrium.
Senses: glosses: A chemical element (symbol Er) with atomic number 68: a silvery-white metal, in nature always found in combination with other elements.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Derived terms: dierbium
erbate
erbian
erbium oxide
erbium trichloride
organoerbium
radioerbium
Related terms: erbia
terbium
ytterbium
yttrium
thulium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: thū'lēəm
ipa: /ˈθjuːliəm/
enpr: tho͞o'lēəm
ipa: /ˈθuːliəm/
rhymes: -uːliəm
Etymology: From Thule (a poetic name for Scandinavia) + -ium.
Senses: glosses: A metallic chemical element (symbol Tm) with atomic number 69: a fairly soft, easily workable metal with a bright silvery-gray lustre.
Derived terms: thulate
thulia
thulium oxide
Related terms: Thule
thulite
ytterbium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈtɜː.bi.əm/
ipa: /ɪˈtɚ.bi.əm/
ipa: /ˈjə.tɚ.bi.əm/
ipa: /ˈjɪ.tɚ.bi.əm/
ipa: /jəˈtɚ.bi.əm/
ipa: /jɪˈtɚ.bi.əm/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)biəm
Forms: form: ytterbiums
Etymology: From Ytterby + -ium, named after Ytterby, Sweden, the same etymological source as yttrium, terbium, and erbium.
Senses: examples: text: At a meeting of the Russian Chemical Society held October 20, 1881 (and reported in the Bulletin de la Société Chimique de Paris, for August, 1882), Mendelejeff [Dmitri Mendeleev], the distinguished author of the periodic law, remarked that only two of the recently announced elements—scandium and ytterbium—had been satisfactorily confirmed. These have been obtained in a pure state by [Lars Fredrik] Nilson, and neither of them has absorption spectra.
ref: 1883, H[enry] Carrington Bolton, “List of New Elements Announced since 1877”, in An Account of the Progress in Chemistry in the Year 1882. … From the Smithsonian Report for 1882, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 6:
text: The lanthanides samarium, europium and ytterbium possess relatively stable and long-known dispositive states.
ref: 1991, John D. Corbett, “Coproportionation Routes to Reduced Lanthanide Halides”, in G[erd] Meyer, L[ester] R. Morss, editors, Synthesis of Lanthanide and Actinide Compounds (Topics in F-element Chemistry; 2), Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 160:
text: Ytterbium is a silvery, soft, malleable, and ductile metal with a lustrous metallic shine. It is slightly reactive in air or water at room temperatures. Ytterbium is located next to last of the rare-earths in the lanthanide series.
ref: 2006, Robert E. Krebs, “Guide to the Elements”, in The History and Use of Our Earth's Chemical Elements: A Reference Guide, 2nd edition, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 301:
text: Microstructural optical fibers have been developed that have utilized phosphate-based glasses due to their ability to solubilize rare earth components such as ytterbium, which give the fibers their high light absorption and amplification per unit length.
ref: 2015, E. A. Abou Neel, V. Salih, J. C. Knowles, “Phosphate-based Glasses”, in Paul Ducheyne, editor, Comprehensive Biomaterials, volumes I (Metallic, Ceramic and Polymeric Biomaterials), Amsterdam: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 289:
glosses: A metallic chemical element (symbol Yb) with an atomic number of 70.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Synonyms: alt: name proposed by Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach, who isolated ytterbium and lutetium from ytterbia around 1907, which was later rejected
word: aldebaranium
english: former name
translation: former name
word: neoytterbia
Derived terms: diytterbium trioxide
ytterbia
ytterbic
ytterbium oxide
ytterbium trichloride
Related terms: erbium
neoytterbia
terbium
ytter
ytterbite
ytterite
yttria
yttrium
lutetium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lūtē'shēəm
ipa: /ljuːˈtiːʃiəm/
Forms: form: lutecium
Etymology: From Latin Lutetia (“Paris, the capital of France”) + -ium.
Senses: glosses: A chemical element (symbol Lu) with an atomic number of 71, a silvery-white metal which resists corrosion in dry air.
Synonyms: english: name proposed by Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach, one of the discoverers of lutetium, but rejected
translation: name proposed by Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach, one of the discoverers of lutetium, but rejected
word: cassiopeium
Derived terms: dilutetium
lutetium oxide
organolutetium
Related terms: cassiopeium
Lutetian
hafnium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hăf'nēəm
ipa: /ˈhæfniəm/
Etymology: From Latin Hafnia (“Copenhagen”) + -ium.
Senses: glosses: A chemical element (symbol Hf) with an atomic number of 72: a lustrous, silvery-grey tetravalent transition metal.
Synonyms: english: former name
translation: former name
word: celtium
Derived terms: dihafnium
eka-hafnium
hafnate
hafnian
hafnium bomb
hafnium carbide
hafnium dioxide
hafnium nitride
hafnium tetrachloride
hafnium tetrahalide
hafnon
hafnyl
organohafnium
radiohafnium
tantalum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tăn'tələm
ipa: /ˈtæntələm/
Forms: form: tantalums
form: tantalium
Etymology: A New Latin word derived by Swedish chemist Anders Gustaf Ekeberg in 1802, from Latin Tantalus, named after Tantalus, alluding to the element's incapacity to absorb acid. See -ium.
Senses: glosses: A chemical element (symbol Ta) with atomic number 73: a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant.
wikipedia: Anders Gustaf Ekeberg
Derived terms: eka-tantalum
tantalate
tantalian
tantalic
tantalite
tantalous
tantalum carbide
tantalum dioxide
tantalum lamp
tantalum oxide
tantalum pentachloride
tantalum pentoxide
tanteuxenite
Related terms: coltan
Tantalean
Tantalic
tantalise
tantalize
Tantalus
tungsten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tŭng'stən
ipa: /ˈtʌŋstən/
rhymes: -ʌŋstən
Forms: form: tungstens
form: tungstenum
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish tungsten (“scheelite”), from tung (“heavy”) + sten (“stone”).
Senses: examples: text: So far they have built and used a prototype robot to make millionth-of-a-meter scratches in aluminum with a fine tungsten needle.
ref: 1990 April 7, Ivan Amato, “Getting a feel for atoms: 'magic wrist' takes scientists into a new sensory realm”, in Science News:
text: Which makes the concept known as Rods From God the ultimate form of kinetic weaponry. This theoretical weapon would drop telephone pole sized rods of dense tungsten from a satellite in orbit.
ref: 2025 May 12, Jeff Edwards, “Rods from God: Unleashing Orbital Kinetic Bombardment as a Theoretical Defense System”, in Mira Safety:
glosses: A rare metallic chemical element (symbol W, from Latin wolframium) with an atomic number of 74.
examples: text: We have several business houses where tungstens are used as window lights only, and find that in nearly every one the wiring was arranged to get more light, leaving the consumption about the same.
ref: 1909, E. A. Baily, “The Tungsten Lamp Situation in Various Cities”, in Electrical Age, volume XL, number 10, page 262:
text: Lighting was unimaginative for the standard stock with naked tungsten filament bulbs and metal reflectors. However, all compartments had individual reading lights above the seats with attractive glass shades.
ref: 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 398:
glosses: A light bulb containing tungsten.
examples: text: We apprehend that this is not the acid of a calx ponderoſa, but rather a diſtinct acid conjoined to common calcareous earth, ſince, in fact, in another place, § 97, the tungſten is mentioned as a calx ſaturated with a peculiar acid, perhaps of a metallic nature, for which the author himſelf refers us to the above § 33, and ſeems to think it the ſame as the acid there mentioned.
ref: 1783, “[Review of] Outlines of Mineralogy”, in Monthly Review, volume LXX, number VII, page 47:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: scheelite, calcium tungstate
Synonyms: wolfram
Derived terms: eka-tungsten
ferrotungsten
tungstenane
tungsten carbide
tungsten disulfide
tungsten disulphide
tungsten fluoride
tungsten-halogen lamp
tungsten hexafluoride
tungstenian
tungstenic
tungsteniferous
tungsten iodide
tungstenite
tungstenitic
tungsten lamp
tungsten oxide
tungsten-steel
tungsten sulfide
tungsten sulphide
tungsten trioxide
tungstic
tungstite
tungsto-
tungstous
Related terms: tungstate
ferberite
huebnerite
scheelite
wolframite
rhenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rē'nēəm
ipa: /ˈɹiːniəm/
rhymes: -iːniəm
Forms: form: rheniums
Etymology: From Latin Rhenus (“Rhine”), + -ium.
Senses: glosses: A metallic chemical element (symbol Re) with an atomic number of 75: a heavy, silvery-gray transition metal.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Derived terms: eka-rhenium
rhenic
rhenium dioxide
rhenium heptaoxide
rhenium heptaselenide
rhenium heptasulfide
rhenium heptasulphide
rhenium trioxide
Related terms: rhenate
Rhenish
Rhine
osmium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ŏz'mēəm
ipa: /ˈɒz.mi.əm/
ipa: /ˈɑz.mi.əm/
Forms: form: osmiums
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”) (because of the strong smell of its oxide) + -ium.
Senses: examples: text: Their latest catalyst includes some osmium.
glosses: A chemical element (symbol Os) with atomic number 76: a hard, brittle, heavy, bluish-white transition metal found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores.
examples: text: This reaction substitutes a ruthenium for an osmium.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Derived terms: diosmium
eka-osmium
iridiosmium
iridosmine
nonosmium
organoosmium
osmate
osmian
osmiate
osmic
osmide
osmio-
osmious
osmium dioxide
osmium lamp
osmium tetraoxide
osmium tetroxide
osmiuret
osmous
radioosmium
Related terms: Osmia
osmiridium
osmite
osmylated
osmylation
iridium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭrĭd'ēəm
ipa: /ɪˈɹɪd.i.əm/
Forms: form: iridiums
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, from the New Latin.
Senses: examples: text: Iridium is extremely rare on the surface of the earth but much more common in meteorites.
ref: 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 75:
glosses: A chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
Derived terms: diiridium
eka-iridium
heterochromia iridium
iridarsenite
iridate
iridian
iridiate
iridic
iridiferous
iridio-
iridious
iridite
iridium black
iridium oxide
iridium-pointed
iridium tetrachloride
iridium trichloride
iridosmine
organoiridium
osmiridium
platiniridium
platino-iridium
platinum-iridium
radioiridium
triiridium
Related terms: iridescence
iridin
iridiosmium
iridise
iridize
iris
platinum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: plăt'ĭn-əm
ipa: /ˈplæt.ɪn.əm/
enpr: plăt'nəm
ipa: /ˈplæt.nəm/
enpr: plăt'n-əm
ipa: /ˈplæt.n̩.əm/
ipa: /pləˈtaɪn.əm/
ipa: /pləˈtiːn.əm/
ipa: /pləˈtɪn.əm/
rhymes: -ætɪnəm
rhymes: -ætnəm
rhymes: -ætn̩əm
Forms: form: platinums
Etymology: From Spanish platina (“little silver”) del Pinto ("of the Pinto") + -um. It was called "little" (or "lesser") silver because the metal was found as an impurity in gold, and del Pinto for the Pinto River in Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans. Doublet of platina.
Senses: glosses: The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.
glosses: A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A single or album that has achieved platinum sales, i.e. over 1 million or 2 million.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A platinum-based drug: a platin.
Synonyms: word: platina
word: white gold
Derived terms: carboplatin
cisplatin
diplatinum
eka-platinum
ferronickelplatinum
go platinum
heptaplatinum
iridio-platinum
isoferroplatinum
multiplatinum
nonplatinum
organoplatinum
oxaliplatin
Paraplatin
platarsite
platin-
platinammonium chloride
platinate
platinian
platinic
platiniferous
platiniridium
platinise
platinize
platinite
platino-
platinocyanide
platinode
platinoid
platinous
platinum anniversary
platinum arsenide
platinum-black
platinum black
platinum blond
platinum blonde
platinum-blue
platinum coney
platinum dichloride
platinum disc
platinum disk
platinum duck
platinum fox
platinum-grey
platinum group
platinum hexafluoride
platinum-iridium
platinum jubilee
platinum-lamp
platinum lamp
platinumlike
platinum metal
platinum mink
platinum open access
platinum rule
platinum shower
platinumsmith
platinum sombrero
platinum sponge
platinum-steel
platinum tetrachloride
platinum-zinc
postplatinum
potassio-platinum chloride
radioplatinum
tetraferroplatinum
tetraplatinum
triplatinum
Related terms: platina
platinum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: plăt'ĭn-əm
ipa: /ˈplæt.ɪn.əm/
enpr: plăt'nəm
ipa: /ˈplæt.nəm/
enpr: plăt'n-əm
ipa: /ˈplæt.n̩.əm/
ipa: /pləˈtaɪn.əm/
ipa: /pləˈtiːn.əm/
ipa: /pləˈtɪn.əm/
rhymes: -ætɪnəm
rhymes: -ætnəm
rhymes: -ætn̩əm
Etymology: From Spanish platina (“little silver”) del Pinto ("of the Pinto") + -um. It was called "little" (or "lesser") silver because the metal was found as an impurity in gold, and del Pinto for the Pinto River in Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans. Doublet of platina.
Senses: glosses: Of a whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
glosses: Of a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums).
examples: text: We can offer the platinum service for fifty dollars extra.
glosses: Very expensive, or of very high quality
Derived terms: go platinum
platinum blond