indium

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indium

  • /ˈɪndi.əm/

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Coined as a New Latin term from German Indigo (“indigo”), based on the color of its spectral lines.

noun indiums

  1. uncountable, usually A chemical element (symbol In) with an atomic number of 49: a soft silvery-white metal.
  2. uncountable, usually A single atom of this element.

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noun metallic chemical element

Españolindio
한국어인듐 indyum
日本語インジウム injiumu
中文銦 /铟 yīn
हिन्दीनैलातु nailātu
Portuguêsíndio
Françaisindium
DeutschIndium
Italianoindio
Ελληνικάίνδιο índio
Românăindiu
Русскийи́ндий índij
Tiếng Việtindi
العربيةإِنْدِيُوم ʔindiyūm
עבריתאִינְדְּיוּם índiyum

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@misc{indium_2026,
  title = {indium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/indium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}