Virginium
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A rejected name for francium. obsolete, uncountable
"Because he had found six minima for every salt of virginium—VaCl, VaNO3, Va2SO4, and VaOH—he asserted that virginium consisted of a mixture of six stable isotopes. Allison also found virginium present in other minerals […]"
Example
More examples"Because he had found six minima for every salt of virginium—VaCl, VaNO3, Va2SO4, and VaOH—he asserted that virginium consisted of a mixture of six stable isotopes. Allison also found virginium present in other minerals […]"
Etymology
From Virginia (US state) + -ium, proposed in 1930 by Fred Allison, whose claim to have discovered the element was later disproven.
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