molybdena
/mɒlɪbˈdiːnə/Chemistry and Mineralogy
noun
(A) Any of various substances resembling lead, especially molybdenite (molybdenum disulphide). Now chiefly historical. (b) The metallic element molybdenum. Now chiefly historical.
- The use of the word as the name of the element was prevalent from 1790 to 1820, the period immediately following its first isolation from its ore molybdenite..
Origin
Mid 17th century (in an earlier sense). From classical Latin molybdaena a kind of lead ore, also as the name of a plant from ancient Greek μολύβδαινα a kind of lead ore, angler's plummet from μόλυβδος lead + -αινα, suffix forming nouns.
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