zirconium
/zɜːɹˈkoʊniəm/
zirconium noun: a chemical element (symbol Zr) with an atomic number of 40, a strong, lustrous, grey-white transition metal mainly used as a refractory and opacifier.
Noun
zirconium (countable and uncountable, plural zirconiums)
- A chemical element (symbol Zr) with an atomic number of 40, a strong, lustrous, grey-white transition metal mainly used as a refractory and opacifier.
- Do you like how I dance? / I've got zirconium pants / Consequential enough / To slip you into a trance2005, Tally Hall, “Ruler of Everything”, in Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
zirconium meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog
zirconium in Hindi
- chemical element
- गोमेदातु gomedātu, ज़र्कोनियम zarkoniyam
zirconium in Tamil
- chemical element
- வன்தங்கம் vaṉtaṅkam, சிர்க்கோனியம் cirkkōṉiyam
zirconium in Bengali
- chemical element
- জিরকোনিয়াম jirkōniẏam
zirconium in Tagalog
- chemical element
- sirkonyo
More languagesFewer languages
- zirconium in Arabic
- زِرْكُونِيُوم zirkūniyūm
- zirconium in Malay
- zirkonium
- zirconium in Persian
- زیرکونیم zirkoniyom
- zirconium in Thai
- เซอร์โคเนียม səə-koo-nîiam
- zirconium in Vietnamese
- ziriconi
- zirconium in Myanmar
- ဇာကိုနီယမ် jakuiniyam
Forms of zirconium
| plural | zirconiums |
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Origin of zirconium
From a New Latin coinage, from zircon. Doublet of jargonium.
Words formed from zirconium
- bazirite
- cubic zirconium oxide
- dizirconium
- nonzirconium
- organozirconium
- potassium zirconium fluoride
- radiozirconium
- trizirconium
- zircaloy
- zircalloy
- zirconian
- zirconium carbide
- zirconium dioxide
- zirconium nitride
- zirconium oxide
- zirconium tetrachloride
- zircophyllite
- zirco-
- zirconio-
- zircono-
Questions about zirconium
- What does zirconium mean?
- Zirconium means a chemical element (symbol Zr) with an atomic number of 40, a strong, lustrous, grey-white transition metal mainly used as a refractory and opacifier.
- What is zirconium in Hindi?
- Zirconium in Hindi is गोमेदातु (gomedātu), ज़र्कोनियम (zarkoniyam). See Zirconium meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is zirconium?
- Zirconium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce zirconium?
- Zirconium is pronounced /zɜːɹˈkoʊniəm/.
- What is the plural of zirconium?
- The plural of zirconium is zirconiums.
Words near zirconium in the dictionary
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