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Zirconium

//zɜːɹˈkoʊniəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A chemical element (symbol Zr) with an atomic number of 40, a strong, lustrous, grey-white transition metal mainly used as a refractory and opacifier. countable, uncountable

    "Do you like how I dance? / I've got zirconium pants / Consequential enough / To slip you into a trance"

  2. 2
    a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon wordnet

Etymology

From a New Latin coinage, from zircon. Doublet of jargonium.

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