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sequanium

sequanium noun: an early name for the element neptunium, based on a discredited claim of discovery.

Noun

sequanium (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) An early name for the element neptunium, based on a discredited claim of discovery.

Origin of sequanium

Learned borrowing from Latin Sequana (“the river Seine”) + -ium. Horia Hulubei, who thought he had discovered element 93, worked near the river at that time.

Questions about sequanium

What does sequanium mean?
Sequanium means an early name for the element neptunium, based on a discredited claim of discovery.
What part of speech is sequanium?
Sequanium is a noun.

Words near sequanium in the dictionary

  1. sequal
  2. sequala
  3. sequalae
  4. Sequani
  5. Sequanian
  6. sequanium
  7. sequantitative
  8. Sequatchie
  9. Sequatchie County
  10. Sequeira
  11. Sequeiras

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