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Iridium

IRID'IUM

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Noun.
[from iris.] A metal of a whitish color, not malleable, found in the ore of platinum, and in a native allow with osmium. Its specific gravity is above 18. It takes its name from the variety of colors which it exhibits while dissolving in muriatic acid. The native allow with osmium, or native iridium, is of a steel gray color and shining metallic luster. It usually occurs in small irregular flat grains, in alluvial soil, in S. America.

Definition 2024


Iridium

Iridium

See also: iridium and irídium

German

Noun

Iridium n (genitive Iridiums, no plural)

  1. iridium

Declension

Coordinate terms


Luxembourgish

Chemical element
Ir Previous: Osmium (Os)
Next: Platin (Pt)

Noun

Iridium ? (uncountable)

  1. iridium

iridium

iridium

See also: Iridium and irídium

English

Chemical element
Ir Previous: osmium (Os)
Next: platinum (Pt)
Iridium foil.

Noun

iridium (uncountable)

  1. A metallic chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations


Afrikaans

Chemical element
Ir Previous: osmium (Os)
Next: platinum (Pt)

Noun

iridium (uncountable)

  1. iridium

Czech

Noun

iridium n

  1. iridium

Dutch

Chemical element
Ir Previous: osmium (Os)
Next: platina (Pt)

Pronunciation

Noun

iridium n (uncountable)

  1. iridium

Finnish

Noun

iridium

  1. iridium

Declension

Inflection of iridium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative iridium iridiumit
genitive iridiumin iridiumien
partitive iridiumia iridiumeja
illative iridiumiin iridiumeihin
singular plural
nominative iridium iridiumit
accusative nom. iridium iridiumit
gen. iridiumin
genitive iridiumin iridiumien
partitive iridiumia iridiumeja
inessive iridiumissa iridiumeissa
elative iridiumista iridiumeista
illative iridiumiin iridiumeihin
adessive iridiumilla iridiumeilla
ablative iridiumilta iridiumeilta
allative iridiumille iridiumeille
essive iridiumina iridiumeina
translative iridiumiksi iridiumeiksi
instructive iridiumein
abessive iridiumitta iridiumeitta
comitative iridiumeineen

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.ʁi.djɔm/

Noun

iridium m (uncountable)

  1. iridium

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /iːˈri.di.um/, [iːˈrɪ.di.ũ]

Noun

īridium n (genitive īridiī); second declension

  1. iridium

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative īridium īridia
genitive īridiī īridiōrum
dative īridiō īridiīs
accusative īridium īridia
ablative īridiō īridiīs
vocative īridium īridia

Limburgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪ˧ˈʁi˦ɖɔ˧m]

Noun

iridium n

  1. (uncountable) iridium
  2. A part of iridium

Inflection


Malay

Chemical element
Ir Previous: osmium (Os)
Next: platinum (Pt)

Etymology

From English iridium, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris) -ium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [iridiom], [iridiəm]
  • Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

iridium

  1. iridium (chemical element)