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iridium

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"Dense platinum metal"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈɹɪd.i.əm/Part of speech nounSorted diiimruStarts with IEnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Dense, hard metallic element in the platinum group.

Word origin

New Latin iridium, from Classical Latin iris + -ium, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”), because of the bright colour of many of the element's salts.

Used in a sentence

  • Iridium is extremely rare on the surface of the earth but much more common in meteorites.

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