Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nipponium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nip-po-ni-um
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chemical element, supposed to be the then-undiscovered technetium, but later identified as rhenium.

Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Element between molybdenum and ruthenium (perhaps Ogawa's nipponium)"
"Tiede at Berlin University told Toshiyuki Majima that nipponium might be rhenium when the latter visited him in 1938."

Etymology

From Nippon + -ium. Doublet of nihonium.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Nippon

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

nihonium

Questions

What does nipponium mean?: A chemical element, supposed to be the then-undiscovered technetium, but later identified as rhenium.
Where does nipponium come from?: From Nippon + -ium. Doublet of nihonium.

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