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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name proposed by Von Kobell for a supposed new element obtained from the mineral columbite as found in Bavaria. It has been shown to be the same as niobium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.), obsolete Same as
columbium .
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- noun chemistry, obsolete
niobium
Etymologies
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New Latin, from Latin Diana; either as the name of the Roman goddess, or from its use in Old English as a name of silver.
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