holmium
A chemical element with atomic number 67: a soft and malleable silvery-white metal,…A chemical element (symbol Ho) with atomic number 67: a soft and malleable silvery-white metal, too reactive to be found uncombined in nature.
» Holmium is a rare earth metal with element symbol Ho and atomic number 67.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)A chemical element (symbol Ho) with atomic number 67: a soft and malleable silvery-white metal, too reactive to be found uncombined in nature.
Holmium
го́льмийgólʹmij
го́льмійhólʹmij
A chemical element (symbol Ho) with atomic number 67: a soft and malleable silvery-white metal, too reactive to be found uncombined in nature.
(countable, usually)A single atom of this element.
- a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
Examples
1 sentencesHolmium is a rare earth metal with element symbol Ho and atomic number 67.
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Origin
From Latin Holmia (“Stockholm”), the hometown of Per Teodor Cleve, one of the discoverersFrom Latin Holmia (“Stockholm”), the hometown of Per Teodor Cleve, one of the discoverers of holmium.
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Forms
plural: holmiumsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds:Hoatomic number 67
Word family
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