Meanings
nouneka-boron (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryscandium
In 1880, Nilson and Cleve discovered in a Scandinavian mineral a new element which had the properties of eka-boron. They called it Scandium.
1902, John Charles Hessler, Albert Lincoln Smith, Essentials of Chemistry
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Origin
From eka- + boron: the name given by Dmitri Mendeleev to the then undiscovered element at the position of scandium in his periodic table.
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