GLUCINIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glucinium mean? 

• GLUCINIUM (noun)
  The noun GLUCINIUM has 1 sense:

1. a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

  Familiarity information: GLUCINIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLUCINIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 4; Be; beryllium; glucinium

Hypernyms ("glucinium" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Holonyms ("glucinium" is a substance of...):

beryl (the chief source of beryllium; colored transparent varieties are valued as gems)

chrysoberyl (a rare hard yellow green mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in crystal form; used as a gemstone)

gadolinite; ytterbite (a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium)