thulia

thu·li·a

[thoo-lee-uh]
noun Chemistry.
a dense, greenish-white powder, TmO 3 , that on gentle heating exhibits a reddish incandescence: used in the manufacture of thulium metal.
Also called thulium oxide.


Origin:
1885–90; thuli(um) + -a4

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