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jargonium

jargonium noun: a rejected name for hafnium.

Noun

jargonium (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A rejected name for hafnium.
    • These various spectra of jargonium are all of a very marked character, quite unlike those due to any other element in similar conditions.1869 July 2, H. C. Sorby, “On jargonium: a new elementary substance associated with zirconium”, in The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science
    • In the same year as the jargonium announcement, 1869, Arthur Herbert Church (1834–1915) announced the discovery of a new element associated with zircon.2014, Marco Fontani, The Lost Elements: The Periodic Table's Shadow Side

Origin of jargonium

From jargon + -ium; see jargon (“a variety of zircon”). Doublet of zirconium.

Questions about jargonium

What does jargonium mean?
Jargonium means a rejected name for hafnium.
What part of speech is jargonium?
Jargonium is a noun.

Words near jargonium in the dictionary

  1. jargonising
  2. jargonist
  3. jargonistic
  4. jargonists
  5. jargonitis
  6. jargonium
  7. jargonization
  8. jargonizations
  9. jargonize
  10. jargonized
  11. jargonizes

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