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Rhodium
//ˈɹoʊdiəm// noun
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Noun
- 1 A rare, hard, silvery-white, inert metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with an atomic number of 45. uncountable, usually
- 2 a white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores; used in alloys with platinum wordnet
- 3 A single atom of this element. countable, usually
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin rhodium, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), because of the colour of its salts' solutions.
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