iridium

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ɪˈɹɪd.i.əm/

Definition of iridium

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)A chemical element with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.
    “Iridium is extremely rare on the surface of the earth but much more common in meteorites.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable)A chemical element with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.
    “Iridium is extremely rare on the surface of the earth but much more common in meteorites.”
  2. (countable)A single atom of this element.

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Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, from the New Latin.

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