osmium

Osmium crystals.

Meaning

Noun

  • A chemical element (symbol Os) with atomic number 76: a hard, brittle, heavy, bluish-white transition metal found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores.
  • A single atom of this element.

Origin

  • From Ancient Greek ὀσμή ("smell") (because of the strong smell of its oxide) -ium.

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