coronium

noun

co·​ro·​ni·​um

kəˈrōnēəm

plural -s

: a hypothetical chemical element thought to have been detected in the solar corona whose spectrum showed a number of lines later identified as belonging to iron, nickel, and other elements highly ionized at the extreme solar temperatures

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin corona + New Latin -ium

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