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celtium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
celtium
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The name originally proposed for element 72, now called hafnium; the discoverer, Georges Urbain, conjectured it to be a rare earth element, and proposed the symbol Ct; but subsequent work showed it to be a transition element, and hafnium was given the symbol Hf.

Uncountable

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

mul:Ct keltium mul:Kt

Questions

What does celtium mean?
The name originally proposed for element 72, now called hafnium; the discoverer, Georges Urbain, conjectured it to be a rare earth element, and proposed the symbol Ct; but subsequent work showed it to be a transition element, and hafnium was given the symbol Hf.

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