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osmium

/ˈɑz.mi.əm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables
os-mi-um
IPA
/ˈɑz.mi.əm/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

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

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₃édyeti Proto-Hellenic *ód͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek ὄζω (ózō) Ancient Greek -μή (-mḗ) Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English osmium From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”) (because of the strong smell of its oxide) + -ium.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈɑz.mi.əm/
  • British English: /ˈɒz.mi.əm/

Usage

Inflected Forms

osmiums (plural)

Derived Forms

decacarbonyldihydridotriosmium diosmium iridiosmium iridosmine nonosmium organoosmium osmate osmian osmiate osmic osmide osmious

Phrases

eka-osmium osmio- osmium dioxide osmium lamp osmium tetraoxide osmium tetroxide

Frequently Paired Words

Osmia osmiridium osmite osmylated osmylation

Synonyms

os atomic number 76

Questions

How do you pronounce osmium?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑz.mi.əm/.
What does osmium mean?
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.
Where does osmium come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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