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- noun chemistry, obsolete A rejected name for
dubnium . - noun chemistry, obsolete A rejected name for
bohrium .
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From Niels Bohr and -ium.
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qroqqa commented on the word nielsbohrium
(symbol Ns) former Soviet-proposed name for element 105, now called dubnium; and former German-proposed name for element 107, now called bohrium; after physicist Niels Bohr
July 10, 2008