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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.

Definition 2024


wasium

wasium

English

Noun

wasium (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry, archaic) A supposed chemical element extracted from wasite, later identified as thorium.