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A metallic chemical element (symbol Ru) with an atomic number of 44.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Their latest catalyst includes some ruthenium.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
An atom of this element.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- This reaction substitutes a ruthenium for an osmium.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group; it is found associated with platinum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Ru, atomic number 44
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metallic element, metal
Ruthenia + -ium. Named by Baltic German scientist Karl Ernst Claus in 1844 in honour of Russia (using the Latin name Ruthenia).
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
rutenium
— chemical element
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Albanian:
ruten
— chemical element
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Arabic:
رُوثِينِيُوم
(rūṯīniyūm)
— chemical element
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Arabic:
رُوتِينِيُوم
(rūtīniyūm)
— chemical element
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Armenian:
ռութենիում
(ṙutʻenium)
— chemical element
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Asturian:
ruteniu
— chemical element
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Basque:
rutenioa
— chemical element
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Belarusian:
рутэ́ній
(ruténij)
— chemical element
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Breton:
ruteniom
— chemical element
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Bulgarian:
руте́ний
(ruténij)
— chemical element
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Catalan:
ruteni
— chemical element
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Chinese Mandarin:
釕 /钌
(liǎo)
— chemical element
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Cornish:
ruthenyum
— chemical element
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Czech:
ruthenium
— chemical element
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Danish:
ruthenium
— chemical element
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Dutch:
ruthenium
— chemical element
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Esperanto:
rutenio
— chemical element
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Estonian:
ruteenium
— chemical element
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Faroese:
rutenium
— chemical element
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Finnish:
rutenium
— chemical element
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French:
ruthénium
— chemical element
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West-Frisian:
ruthenium
— chemical element
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Friulian:
ruteni
— chemical element
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Galician:
rutenio
— chemical element
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Georgian:
რუთენიუმი
(ruteniumi)
— chemical element
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German:
Ruthenium
— chemical element
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Greek:
ρουθήνιο
(routhínio)
— chemical element
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Hebrew:
רותניום
(rutényum)
— chemical element
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Hindi:
नक्षरातु
(nakṣarātu)
— chemical element
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Hungarian:
ruténium
— chemical element
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Icelandic:
rúten
— chemical element
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Interlingua:
ruthenium
— chemical element
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Irish:
ruitéiniam
— chemical element
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Italian:
rutenio
— chemical element
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Japanese:
ルテニウム
(ruteniumu)
— chemical element
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Kashubian:
ruten
— chemical element
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Khmer:
រុយតេញ៉ូម
(ruyteeñoum)
— chemical element
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Korean:
루테늄
(rutenyum)
— chemical element
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Latvian:
rutēnijs
— chemical element
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Lithuanian:
rutenis
— chemical element
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Luxembourgish:
Ruthenium
— chemical element
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Macedonian:
рутениум
(rutenium)
— chemical element
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Malay:
rutenium
— chemical element
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Maltese:
rutenju
— chemical element
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Manx:
rutainium
— chemical element
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Mongolian:
рутени
(ruteni)
— chemical element
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Norwegian Bokmål:
ruthenium
— chemical element
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
ruthenium
— chemical element
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Occitan:
rutèni
— chemical element
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Polish:
ruten
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Portuguese:
ruténio
— chemical element
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Portuguese:
rutênio
— chemical element
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Romanian:
ruteniu
— chemical element
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Russian:
руте́ний
(ruténij)
— chemical element
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Scottish Gaelic:
ruitèiniam
— chemical element
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Serbo-Croatian:
рутениjум m рутениј
— chemical element
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Serbo-Croatian:
rutenijum
— chemical element
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Serbo-Croatian:
rutenij
— chemical element
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Slovak:
ruténium
— chemical element
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Slovene:
ruténij
— chemical element
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Spanish:
rutenio
— chemical element
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Swedish:
rutenium
— chemical element
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Tagalog:
rutenyo
— chemical element
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Tajik:
рутений
(ruteniy)
— chemical element
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Tamil:
ருதெனியம்
(ruteṉiyam)
— chemical element
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Thai:
รูทีเนียม
(ruu-tii-nîiam)
— chemical element
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Turkish:
rutenyum
— chemical element
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Ukrainian:
руте́ній
(ruténij)
— chemical element
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Uyghur:
رۇتېنىي
(rutëniy)
— chemical element
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Uzbek:
ruteniy
— chemical element
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Uzbek:
рутений
(ruteniy)
— chemical element
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Vietnamese:
ruteni
— chemical element
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Welsh:
rwtheniwm
— chemical element