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carolinium

carolinium noun: a supposed chemical element isolated from thorium.

Noun

carolinium (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A supposed chemical element isolated from thorium.
    • There, as more and more of the Carolinum became active, the bomb spread itself out into a monstrous cavern of fiery energy at the base of what became very speedily a miniature active volcano.1914, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, The World Set Free

Origin of carolinium

Named after the University of North Carolina, + -ium.

Questions about carolinium

What does carolinium mean?
Carolinium means a supposed chemical element isolated from thorium.
What part of speech is carolinium?
Carolinium is a noun.

Words near carolinium in the dictionary

  1. Carolingianists
  2. Carolingians
  3. carolings
  4. Carolinian
  5. Carolinians
  6. carolinium
  7. carolinoside
  8. carolins
  9. carolitic
  10. Caroll
  11. carolled

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