OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 5106

rhenium

/ˈɹiːniəm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
renio
A metallic chemical element (symbol Re) with an atomic number of 75: a heavy, silvery-gray transition metal.
Before the discovery and confirmation of the existence of rhenium predicted by Mendeleev's periodic law, rhenium was provisionally termed dvi-manganese because of its expected rese…
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