rubidium

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

rubidium

word formed by Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Gustav Robert Kirchhoff in 1861 from the Latin rubidius ('deep red') accompanied by the suffix -ium (to designate a metal). This element was indeed discovered by spectrometry, and its name was attributed due to the red color of the spectral lines that allowed its detection.

Definitions

chimie

Plural

rubidiums

Translations

  • germangerman:Rubidium
  • englishenglish:rubidium
  • chinesechinese:
  • koreankorean:루비듐
  • danishdanish:rubidium
  • spanishspanish:rubidio
  • finnishfinnish:rubidium
  • greekgreek:ρουβήδιο
  • italianitalian:rubidio
  • japanesejapanese:ルビジウム
  • dutchdutch:rubidium
  • polishpolish:rubid
  • portugueseportuguese:rubídio
  • swedishswedish:rubidium