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Webster 1913 Edition


Davyum

Da′vy-um

,
Noun.
[Named after
Sir Humphry
Davy
, the English chemist.]
(Chem.)
A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154.

Definition 2024


davyum

davyum

English

Noun

davyum (uncountable)

  1. A supposed chemical element discovered in 1877, later found to be a mixture of iridium and rhodium.