Meaning of nipponium | Babel Free
Definitions
A chemical element, supposed to be the then-undiscovered technetium, but later identified as rhenium.
dated, uncountable
Examples
“Element between molybdenum and ruthenium (perhaps Ogawa's nipponium)”
“Tiede at Berlin University told Toshiyuki Majima that nipponium might be rhenium when the latter visited him in 1938.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.