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davyum

davyum noun: a supposed chemical element discovered in 1877, later found to be a mixture of iridium and rhodium.

Noun

davyum (uncountable)

  1. A supposed chemical element discovered in 1877, later found to be a mixture of iridium and rhodium.

Origin of davyum

From Davy + -um.

Questions about davyum

What does davyum mean?
Davyum means a supposed chemical element discovered in 1877, later found to be a mixture of iridium and rhodium.
What part of speech is davyum?
Davyum is a noun.

Words near davyum in the dictionary

  1. Davydov solitons
  2. Davydovs
  3. Davyhulme
  4. davyne
  5. davys
  6. davyum
  7. daw
  8. dawa
  9. dawadawa
  10. dawah
  11. Dawahon

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