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holmium

  • /ˈhoʊ(l).mi.əm/ US

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From Latin Holmia (“Stockholm”), the hometown of Per Teodor Cleve, one of the discoverers of holmium.

noun holmiums

  1. uncountable, usually A chemical element (symbol Ho) with atomic number 67: a soft and malleable silvery-white metal, too reactive to be found uncombined in nature.
  2. countable, usually A single atom of this element.

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noun chemical element

Españolholmio
한국어홀뮴 holmyum
日本語ホルミウム horumiumu, 鈥
中文鈥 /钬 huǒ
हिन्दीपांडुला pāṇḍulā
Portuguêshólmio
Françaisholmium
DeutschHolmium
Italianoolmio
Ελληνικάόλμιο ólmio
Românăholmiu
Русскийго́льмий gólʹmij
Tiếng Việtholmi, honmi
العربيةهُلْمِيُوم hulmiyūm, هُولْمِيُوم hūlmiyūm
עבריתהולמיום hólmiyum

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@misc{holmium_2026,
  title = {holmium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/holmium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}