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Osmium
//ˈɑz.mi.əm// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A chemical element (symbol Os) with atomic number 76: a hard, brittle, heavy, bluish-white transition metal found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores. countable, uncountable
"Their latest catalyst includes some osmium."
- 2 a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known wordnet
- 3 A single atom of this element. countable
"This reaction substitutes a ruthenium for an osmium."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”) (because of the strong smell of its oxide) + -ium.
See also for "osmium"
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