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thorinum
‖ thorinum Chem. Obs. (θɒˈraɪnəm) [f. F. thorine and Eng. thorina, in accordance with L. names of metals in -um, as aurum, cuprum, plumbum.] 1. The name originally given to a hypothetical metal of which thorina (sense 1) was (erroneously) supposed by Berzelius, 1815, to be the oxide.1819 J. G. Child...
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thorium
‖ thorium Chem. (ˈθɔərɪəm) [f. Thor, the Norse deity + -ium in other names of metals. So named by its discoverer Berzelius 1828–9: see Kongl. Vetenskaps-Acad. Handlingar 1829, p. 1. The French having called the earth thorine (see thorina) named the metal thorinum, which prevailed also in England for...
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thorina
† thorina Chem. Obs. (θɒˈraɪnə) [ad. F. thorine, 1817, a bad representation of Berzelius's name Thorjord, Ger. Thorerde: see thoria. In the Annales de Chemie, etc. 1817, V. 5, the form thorine is erroneously attributed to Berzelius himself (‘une nouvelle terre à laquelle M. Berzelius a donné le nome...
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monazite
monazite Min. (ˈmɒnəzaɪt) [Named by Breithaupt, 1829 (Ger. monazit), f. Gr. µονάζειν, to be solitary, on account of its rarity.] Phosphate of the cerium metals, found in small, reddish or brownish crystals (A. H. Chester).1836 T. Thomson Min., Geol., etc. I. 672 Monazite... This name was given by Br...
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