Columbium

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Former name of niobium. obsolete, uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    a former name for niobium wordnet

Synonyms

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dianiumniobiumsilver

Etymology

From Columbus + -ium, named after Christopher Columbus by the element’s discoverer, Charles Hatchett.

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