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From jargon + -ium; see jargon (“a variety of zircon”). Doublet of zirconium.
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Today it means: A rejected name for hafnium. Full definition →
From jargon + -ium; see jargon (“a variety of zircon”). Doublet of zirconium.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.