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Holmium

//ˈhoʊ(l).mi.əm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A chemical element (symbol Ho) with atomic number 67: a soft and malleable silvery-white metal, too reactive to be found uncombined in nature. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds wordnet
  3. 3
    A single atom of this element. countable, usually

Etymology

From Latin Holmia (“Stockholm”), the hometown of Per Teodor Cleve, one of the discoverers of holmium.

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