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au·rum
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əm
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noun
Chemistry
.
gold.
Symbol:
Au
Origin:
1490–1500;
<
Latin:
gold
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aurum
(ˈɔːrəm)
—
n
obsolete
gold
[C16: Latin]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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aurum
au·rum (ôr'əm)
n.
Gold.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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