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iridiums

iridiums is the plural of iridium.

Meaning of iridium

Noun

iridium (countable and uncountable, plural iridiums)

  1. (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
    1. (countable) An atom of this element.

Questions about iridiums

What is iridiums the plural of?
Iridiums is the plural of iridium.

Words near iridiums in the dictionary

  1. iridised
  2. iridises
  3. iridising
  4. iriditis
  5. iridium
  6. iridiums
  7. iridization
  8. iridize
  9. iridized
  10. iridizes
  11. iridizing

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