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noun
Former name of niobium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually
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noun
a former name for niobium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: niobium, Nb, atomic number 41
History
From Columbus + -ium, named after Christopher Columbus by the element’s discoverer, Charles Hatchett.
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