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thulia

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thu⋅li⋅a

[thoo-lee-uh]
–noun Chemistry.
a dense, greenish-white powder, TmO3, that on gentle heating exhibits a reddish incandescence: used in the manufacture of thulium metal.
Also called thulium oxide.


Origin:
1885–90; thuli(um) + -a 4
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