"celtium" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} celtium (uncountable)
  1. (historical) The name originally proposed for element 72, now called hafnium; the discoverer, Georges Urbain, conjectured it to be a rare earth element, and proposed the symbol Ct; but subsequent work showed it to be a transition element, and hafnium was given the symbol Hf. Tags: historical, uncountable Synonyms: keltium (english: symbol Kt)

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