celtium

English

Hafnium metal samples; colours on one piece arise from the film of oxides that resulted from re-melting.

Noun

celtium (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The name originally proposed for chemical element number 72, now called hafnium; the discoverer, Georges Urbain, conjectured it to be a rare earth element, and proposed the symbol Ct), but subsequent work demonstrated it to be a transition element, and hafnium was given the symbol Hf.

Synonyms

Latin

Noun

celtium n (genitive celtiī or celtī); second declension

  1. carapace, tortoise shell

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative celtium celtia
Genitive celtiī
celtī1
celtiōrum
Dative celtiō celtiīs
Accusative celtium celtia
Ablative celtiō celtiīs
Vocative celtium celtia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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