Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jargonium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jar-go-ni-um
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rejected name for hafnium.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"These various spectra of jargonium are all of a very marked character, quite unlike those due to any other element in similar conditions."
"In the same year as the jargonium announcement, 1869, Arthur Herbert Church (1834–1915) announced the discovery of a new element associated with zircon."
"Sorby announced, in 1869, the discovery of a new element – Jargonium – by spectroscopic analysis, but was forced in the following year to withdraw his claim as it was found that the interpretation of the spectrum was more complicated than he had supposed."

Etymology

From jargon + -ium; see jargon (“a variety of zircon”). Doublet of zirconium.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: jargon

Usage

Questions

What does jargonium mean?: A rejected name for hafnium.
Where does jargonium come from?: From jargon + -ium; see jargon (“a variety of zircon”). Doublet of zirconium.

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