balonium

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UK/bəˈləʊ.ni.əm/US/bəˈloʊ.ni.əm/

noun

A fictional chemical element.

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Meanings

nounbalonium (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA fictional chemical element.

    The data in Table 7.7 were taken for the highly radioactive element balonium-245.

    2004, Mark T. Holtzapple, W. Dan Reece, Concepts in Engineering
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    I assumed starship fuel (antimatter or balonium) could be produced from electricity with perfect conversion, so it cost exactly what electricity did — good enough for the one-digit-or-so accuracy needed.

    1990, Analog science fact, science fiction: Volume 110

    Suppose that we have a Geiger counter and we are able to make measurements, during a ten hour period, of the balonium sample.

    1993, American Statistical Association, Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Education

Origin

From baloney + -ium. See baloney (“nonsense”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with balonium

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

balonium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balonium

MLA

“balonium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balonium. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balonium,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balonium.

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