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Word: Hafnium
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1920s: modern Latin, from Hafnia, Latinized form of Danish Havn, former name of Copenhagen
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhafnɪəm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the chemical element of atomic number 72, a hard silver-grey metal of the transition series, resembling and often occurring with zirconium.
Short Definition:chemical element of atomic number 72, hard silver-grey metal of transition series, resembling and often occurring with zirconium
Variant Forms:
- Hf
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