thulium

Chemical element
Tm
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From Thule (a poetic name for Scandinavia) +‎ -ium.

• enPR: thū'lēəm, IPA^(key): /ˈθjuːliəm/; enPR: tho͞o'lēəm, IPA^(key): /ˈθuːliəm/

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• Rhymes: -uːliəm

thulium (uncountable)

2. A metallic chemical element (symbol Tm) with atomic number 69: a fairly soft, easily workable metal with a bright silvery-gray lustre.

• thulia
• thulium oxide

• Thule
• thulite

thulium

1. thulium
   • 2006, Bogen Om Grundstofferne, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 149:

     Herefter skæres tantalhylsteret af på en drejebænk, og stangen af thulium er klar til salg.

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   • 1931, Fysisk tidsskrift:

     ... næsten alle de sjældneste Grundstoffer — Terbium, Thulium etc.

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   • 1973, Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskab, Carlsbergfondet (Copenhagen, Denmark)., Oversigt over selskabets virksomhed

     ... til fotoelektronspektret af metallisk thulium, ...

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Chemical element
Tm
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thulium n (uncountable)

1. thulium

• IPA^(key): /ty.ljɔm/

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thulium m (uncountable)

1. thulium

• “thulium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰuː.li.um/, [ˈt̪ʰuːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.li.um/, [ˈt̪uːlium]

thūlium n (genitive thūliī); second declension

1. thulium

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• IPA^(key): [ˈðy˦ʎɔ˧m]

thulium n

1. (uncountable) thulium
2. A part of thulium