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From Athens + -ium, after the ancient city where the philosophical idea of atoms originated.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
athenium
Today it means: A rejected name for einsteinium. Full definition →
Today it means: A rejected name for einsteinium. Full definition →
From Athens + -ium, after the ancient city where the philosophical idea of atoms originated.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.