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nebulium

nebulium noun: a supposed chemical element proposed as a result of spectral analysis of light from a nebula; the emission lines concerned are now known to be due to doubly-ionized oxygen.

Noun

nebulium (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A supposed chemical element proposed as a result of spectral analysis of light from a nebula; the emission lines concerned are now known to be due to doubly-ionized oxygen.

Origin of nebulium

From nebula + -ium.

Questions about nebulium

What does nebulium mean?
Nebulium means a supposed chemical element proposed as a result of spectral analysis of light from a nebula; the emission lines concerned are now known to be due to doubly-ionized oxygen.
What part of speech is nebulium?
Nebulium is a noun.

Words near nebulium in the dictionary

  1. nebulises
  2. nebulising
  3. nebulite
  4. nebulites
  5. nebulitic
  6. nebulium
  7. nebulization
  8. nebulizations
  9. nebulize
  10. nebulized
  11. nebulizer

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