iridium
/ɪˈɹɪd.i.əm/
iridium noun: (uncountable) A chemical element with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.
Noun
iridium (countable and uncountable, plural iridiums)
- (uncountable) A chemical element with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.
- Iridium is extremely rare on the surface of the earth but much more common in meteorites.2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 75
- An atom of this element.
iridium meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
iridium in Hindi
- chemical element
- घनातु ghanātu
iridium in Tamil
- chemical element
- இரிடியம் iriṭiyam, உறுதியம் uṟutiyam
iridium in Marathi
- chemical element
- घनातु ghanātu
iridium in Bengali
- chemical element
- ঘনাতু ghonatu
More languagesFewer languages
- iridium in Telugu
- ఇరీడియము irīḍiyamu
- iridium in Malayalam
- ലോകത്തിലെ ഏറ്റവും വിലയേറിയ മൂലകമാണ്
- iridium in Gujarati
- ઘનાતુ ghanātu
- iridium in Nepali
- घनातु ghanātu
- iridium in Arabic
- إِرِيدِيُوم ʔirīdiyūm
- iridium in Malay
- iridium
- iridium in Thai
- อิริเดียม ì-rí-dîiam
- iridium in Vietnamese
- iriđi
Forms of iridium
| plural | iridiums |
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Origin of iridium
From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin iridium, from Classical Latin iris + -ium, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”), because of the bright colour of many of the element's salts.
Words formed from iridium
- diiridium
- eka-iridium
- heterochromia iridium
- iridarsenite
- iridate
- iridian
- iridiate
- iridic
- iridiferous
- iridio-
- iridious
- iridite
- iridium black
- iridium oxide
- iridium-pointed
- iridium tetrachloride
- iridium trichloride
- iridosmine
- organoiridium
- osmiridium
- platiniridium
- platino-iridium
- platinum-iridium
- radioiridium
- triiridium
Questions about iridium
- What does iridium mean?
- Iridium means (uncountable) A chemical element with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.
- What is iridium in Hindi?
- Iridium in Hindi is घनातु (ghanātu). See Iridium meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is iridium?
- Iridium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce iridium?
- Iridium is pronounced /ɪˈɹɪd.i.əm/.
- What is the plural of iridium?
- The plural of iridium is iridiums.
Words near iridium in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: iridium (page history and authors); ఇరీడియము (Telugu) (page history and authors); Iridium (Malayalam 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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