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eka-boron

eka-boron noun: scandium.

Noun

eka-boron (uncountable)

  1. scandium
    • In 1880, Nilson and Cleve discovered in a Scandinavian mineral a new element which had the properties of eka-boron. They called it Scandium.1902, John Charles Hessler, Albert Lincoln Smith, Essentials of Chemistry

eka-boron meaning in Tamil

eka-boron in Tamil

ஏகபோரன்

Origin of eka-boron

From eka- + boron: the name given by Dmitri Mendeleev to the then undiscovered element at the position of scandium in his periodic table.

Questions about eka-boron

What does eka-boron mean?
Eka-boron means scandium.
What is eka-boron in Tamil?
Eka-boron in Tamil is ஏகபோரன். See Eka-boron meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is eka-boron?
Eka-boron is a noun.

Words near eka-boron in the dictionary

  1. eka-actinium
  2. eka-aluminium
  3. eka-aluminum
  4. eka-astatine
  5. eka-bismuth
  6. eka-boron
  7. eka-caesium
  8. eka-francium
  9. eka-gold
  10. eka-hafnium
  11. eka-iodine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eka-boron (page history and authors); eka-boron (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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