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coronium

coronium noun: a supposed chemical element, hypothesized in the 19th century in order to explain a green emission line seen during the total solar eclipse of 7 August 1869 (actually highly ionized iron).

Noun

coronium (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A supposed chemical element, hypothesized in the 19th century in order to explain a green emission line seen during the total solar eclipse of 7 August 1869 (actually highly ionized iron).

Origin of coronium

From corona + -ium, coined by a certain A. Gruenwald.

Questions about coronium

What does coronium mean?
Coronium means a supposed chemical element, hypothesized in the 19th century in order to explain a green emission line seen during the total solar eclipse of 7 August 1869 (actually highly ionized iron).
What part of speech is coronium?
Coronium is a noun.

Words near coronium in the dictionary

  1. Coronita
  2. coronite
  3. coronites
  4. coronitic
  5. coronitis
  6. coronium
  7. coronoapical
  8. coronograph
  9. coronographic
  10. coronographs
  11. coronography

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