rubidium
common noun
Syllable Decomposition
rubidiumword 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
Hyperonyms
Translations
german:Rubidium
english:rubidium
chinese:铷
korean:루비듐
danish:rubidium
spanish:rubidio
finnish:rubidium
greek:ρουβήδιο
italian:rubidio
japanese:ルビジウム
dutch:rubidium
polish:rubid
portuguese:rubídio
swedish:rubidium