ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Celtium

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Celtium is a noun meaning (historical) The name originally proposed for element 72, now called hafnium; the discoverer, Georges Urbain, conjectured it to be a rare earth element, and proposed the symbol Ct; but subsequent work showed it to be a transition element, and hafnium was given the symbol Hf.

Meaning

(historical) The name originally proposed for element 72, now called hafnium; the discoverer, Georges Urbain, conjectured it to be a rare earth element, and proposed the symbol Ct; but subsequent work showed it to be a transition element, and hafnium was given the symbol Hf.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include keltium, oceanium, curium, cerium, thulium, eka-hafnium.

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