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COLUMBIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does columbium mean?
• COLUMBIUM (noun)
The noun COLUMBIUM has 1 sense:
1. a former name for niobium
Familiarity information: COLUMBIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former name for niobium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("columbium" is a kind of...):
atomic number 41; Nb; niobium (a soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbium)
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