atomic number 41

1. 1.

   a soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbium

   SynonymsniobiumNb

   Broadermetallic element

   Narrowercolumbium

Questions about atomic number 41

What does atomic number 41 mean?

atomic number 41 means "a soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbium".

What is another word for atomic number 41?

Close synonyms include niobium, Nb. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atomic number 41 a common word?

atomic number 41 is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.