"adamantium" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From adamant + -ium. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|adamant|ium}} adamant + -ium Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} adamantium (not comparable)
  1. Made of adamantium. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-adamantium-en-adj-YnNWQG1U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ium, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ium: 99 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 99 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 99 1

Noun

Etymology: From adamant + -ium. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|adamant|ium}} adamant + -ium Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} adamantium (uncountable)
  1. A fictional metal that is indestructible or nearly so. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: adamantine#Noun Related terms (imaginary desirably hard material): unobtainium Translations (fictional indestructible metal): アダマンティウム (adamantiumu) (Japanese), 아다만티움 (adamantium) (Korean), adamantium [masculine] (Portuguese), адама́нтий (adamántij) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-adamantium-en-noun-3o~KVYux Categories (other): Fictional materials Disambiguation of Fictional materials: 40 60

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