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athenium

athenium noun: a rejected name for einsteinium.

Noun

athenium (uncountable)

  1. A rejected name for einsteinium.

Origin of athenium

From Athens + -ium, after the ancient city where the philosophical idea of atoms originated.

Words that rhyme with athenium

Questions about athenium

What does athenium mean?
Athenium means a rejected name for einsteinium.
What part of speech is athenium?
Athenium is a noun.

Words near athenium in the dictionary

  1. Athenian
  2. Athenianism
  3. Athenianness
  4. Athenians
  5. Athenic
  6. athenium
  7. Athenry
  8. Athens
  9. Athens County
  10. Athens of the North
  11. Athenses

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