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Webster 1913 Edition
Wasium
Wa′si-um
,Noun.
[NL. So called from
Wasa
, or Vasa
, the name of a former royal family of Sweden.] (Chem.)
A rare element supposed by Bahr to have been extracted from wasite, but now identified with thorium.
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wasium
wasium
English
Noun
wasium (uncountable)
- (chemistry, archaic) A supposed chemical element extracted from wasite, later identified as thorium.