scheelium
scheelium noun: (obsolete) tungsten (metal).
Noun
scheelium (uncountable)
- (obsolete) tungsten (metal)
Origin of scheelium
From Scheele + -ium, after Carl Wilhelm Scheele, who discovered it
Questions about scheelium
- What does scheelium mean?
- Scheelium means (obsolete) tungsten (metal).
- What part of speech is scheelium?
- Scheelium is a noun.
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