单词 | unnilquadium |
释义 | unnilquadium in British English (ˌjuːnɪlˈkwɒdɪəm) noun the former provisional name for rutherfordium unnilquadium in American English (ˌjunəlˈkwɑdiəm) noun Obsolete rutherfordium: symbol, Unq unnilquadium in American English (ˌjuːnɪlˈkwɑdiəm) noun Chemistry & Physics a former provisional name for the element rutherfordium Word origin [1975–80; ‹ L ūn(us) one + nīl nothing + quad(ri)- + NL -ium -ium]This word is first recorded in the period 1975–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: family therapy, hybridoma, noogie, retrovirus, videotex-ium is a suffix found on nouns borrowed from Latin, esp. derivatives of verbs (odium; tedium; colloquium; delirium), deverbal compounds with the initial element denoting the object of the verb (nasturtium), other types of compounds (equilibrium; millennium), and derivatives of personal nouns, often denoting the associated status or office(collegium; consortium; magisterium); -ium also occurs in scientific coinages on a Latin model, as in names of metallic elements(barium; titanium) and as a Latinization of Greek -ion (pericardium) |
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