iridium
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iridium
- /ɪˈɹɪd.i.əm/
Where it comes from
New Latin iridium, from Classical Latin iris + -ium, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”), because of the bright colour of many of the element's salts.
noun iridiums
- (uncountable) A chemical element with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group. Iridium is extremely rare on the surface of the earth but much more common in meteorites.
- An atom of this element.
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Talk about this word "iridium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/iridium. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. iridium. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/iridium "iridium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/iridium.Cite this
@misc{iridium_2026,
title = {iridium},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/iridium},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
