zirconium
zir·co·ni·um
noun \ˌzər-ˈkō-nē-əm\Definition of ZIRCONIUM
: a steel-gray hard ductile metallic element with a high melting point that occurs widely in combined form (as in zircon), is highly resistant to corrosion, and is used especially in alloys and in refractories and ceramics — see element table
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New Latin, from International Scientific Vocabulary zircon
First Known Use: 1808
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