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rhenian

rhenian adjective: containing rhenium.

Adjective (1)

rhenian (comparative more rhenian, superlative most rhenian)

  1. Containing rhenium

Adjective (2) capitalized: Rhenian

Rhenian (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Rhenish.
    • Rhenian area

Forms of rhenian

comparativemore rhenian
superlativemost rhenian

Origin of rhenian

From rhenium + -ian.

From Rhine + -ian (with the first element taking a Latinate form; see Rhēnus).

Questions about rhenian

What does rhenian mean?
Rhenian means containing rhenium.
What part of speech is rhenian?
Rhenian is an adjective.

Words near rhenian in the dictionary

  1. rhenanids
  2. rhenate
  3. rhenates
  4. Rhene
  5. Rhenen
  6. rhenian
  7. rhenic
  8. rheniite
  9. Rhenish
  10. Rhenish Fan
  11. Rhenish Palatinate

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