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keltium

keltium is the alternative spelling of celtium.

Meaning of celtium

Noun

celtium (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The name originally proposed for element 72, now called hafnium; the discoverer, Georges Urbain, conjectured it to be a rare earth element, and proposed the symbol Ct; but subsequent work showed it to be a transition element, and hafnium was given the symbol Hf.

Questions about keltium

What is keltium the alternative spelling of?
Keltium is the alternative spelling of celtium.

Words near keltium in the dictionary

  1. kelt
  2. kelter
  3. kelters
  4. Keltic
  5. Kelticize
  6. keltium
  7. Keltner
  8. Keltners
  9. Keltoi
  10. Kelton
  11. Keltons

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