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lanthanium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lan-tha-ni-um
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of lanthanum.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λανθάνω (lanthánō, “to escape notice”), because it had gone long undetected in mineral ores; + -ium (“a chemical element”).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

lanthaniums (plural)

Derived Forms

lanthanide

Questions

What does lanthanium mean?
Alternative form of lanthanum.
Where does lanthanium come from?
From Ancient Greek λανθάνω (lanthánō, “to escape notice”), because it had gone long undetected in mineral ores; + -ium (“a chemical element”).

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