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columbium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
columbi-um
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Former name of niobium.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Columbus + -ium, named after Christopher Columbus by the element’s discoverer, Charles Hatchett.

Usage

Inflected Forms

columbiums (plural) colombium (alternative, rare)

Derived Forms

coltan columbiferous columbite

Questions

What does columbium mean?
Former name of niobium.
Where does columbium come from?
From Columbus + -ium, named after Christopher Columbus by the element’s discoverer, Charles Hatchett.

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