holmium

Meaning

Noun

  • A chemical element (symbol Ho) with atomic number 67: a soft and malleable silvery-white metal, too reactive to be found uncombined in nature.
  • A single atom of this element.

Origin

  • From Latin Holmia, the hometown of Per Teodor Cleve, one of the discoverers of holmium.

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