Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meitnium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: meit-ni-um
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

(obsolete) A rejected name for protactinium.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Meitner + -ium, after Lise Meitner, after whom the element meitnerium was later named.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Meitner

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does meitnium mean?: (obsolete) A rejected name for protactinium.
Where does meitnium come from?: From Meitner + -ium, after Lise Meitner, after whom the element meitnerium was later named.

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